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Re: We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot

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Post by Razengan »

nelblu wrote: post #15

> We’re introducing more helpful ads in AI Mode I always chuckle when ad companies say that. I have never seen a helpful ad in google search, but well I have been using adblockers forever so I would not know.I am honestly curious though, for those who don't use adblockers - what percentage of ads that you see are actually helpful?

> I have never seen a helpful ad

I have never purchased anything [just] because of an ad, nor do I know anyone who has.

But I have been turned off from EVER buying some things because of their obnoxious ads.

The whole ads racket is a case of the emperor with no clothes, an ugly self-justifying cancer infesting human civilization.

And to those perpetuating the racket who'll say "but how will people find out about products??" the answer is fucking better search and filtering systems.

Re: We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot

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Post by ungovernableCat »

karlkloss wrote: post #8

Does nobody talk abot the elephant in the room? Will the answers the AI gives also be influenced by Googles customers?

Will Google choose to negatively impact its bottom line for the sake of giving their users a higher quality experience?

No. It's not 2005 anymore.

Re: We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot

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Post by [deleted] »

lars_von_pidor wrote: post #79

The only reason Google is pushing this AI crap is so that they can shove ads right into people's throats without them being able to use ad blockers (it's easy to block a web script but virtually impossible to block the text itself), effectively doubling their profits overnight.

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Re: We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot

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Post by sgt »

superloika wrote: post #122
tremon wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can block the entire AI response, but not the paid-for product placement in the response separately.

Block the entire AI response. It's not a good thing. It tells you whatever google wants you to see. It's an incredibly powerful brainwashing tool.

These days, the AI response is often a lot better than the actual search results. Search result quality has dropped drastically the last decade. Sometimes it feels even Altavista had better results than today's Google.

Re: We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot

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Post by swiftcoder »

pocksuppet wrote: post #14
swiftcoder wrote: post #5

...was this ever in doubt? Search accounts for >50% of alphabet's total revenue - they are hardly going to kill the golden goose intentionally

Not search - ads in search account for >50% of their total revenue.

That’s the same thing, isn’t it? Without search, there are no ads in search

Re: We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot

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Post by ryanschaefer »

fg137 wrote: post #167
lars_von_pidor wrote: post #79

The only reason Google is pushing this AI crap is so that they can shove ads right into people's throats without them being able to use ad blockers (it's easy to block a web script but virtually impossible to block the text itself), effectively doubling their profits overnight.

Semi-seriously: I imagine we'll live to see the day when we run an adblocker that runs a small model to semantically filter out ads in Google search results

Entirely accurate, but what an absolute waste of resources across the board.

Re: We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot

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Post by fnands »

fg137 wrote: post #167
lars_von_pidor wrote: post #79

The only reason Google is pushing this AI crap is so that they can shove ads right into people's throats without them being able to use ad blockers (it's easy to block a web script but virtually impossible to block the text itself), effectively doubling their profits overnight.

Semi-seriously: I imagine we'll live to see the day when we run an adblocker that runs a small model to semantically filter out ads in Google search results

Fighting AI with AI?

What a wild future.

Re: We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot

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Post by HelloUsername »

baal80spam wrote: post #19
nelblu wrote: post #15

> We’re introducing more helpful ads in AI Mode I always chuckle when ad companies say that. I have never seen a helpful ad in google search, but well I have been using adblockers forever so I would not know.I am honestly curious though, for those who don't use adblockers - what percentage of ads that you see are actually helpful?

> I have never seen a helpful ad There, I fixed it!

Actually it should be:

> I have never seen an ad in google, because I use adblockers

Re: We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot

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Post by renticulous »

srveale wrote: post #147

The main reasons I'll never get a neural chip are, in increasing order of importance: A. Safety B. It gives them a vector to beam ads directly into my brain

Who Am I? - The Mysterious Thing You Always Are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBQAo6pEweE

This is the far future we are staring at.

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