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If that's a banner ad, it's the most relevant, pleasant, and appropriate banner ad I've ever seen. It's directly related to the search term and is not obnoxious in the least. If all ads were such high quality I'd have no problems with this (but would still probably use adblock!).
Nor do I take issue with Google changing its stance in this way. Corporations change with the times.
Over the years Google is way more aggressive with ads then it used to be. For any query less and less percentage of first page is dedicate to organic example. E.g. a silly example: https://www.google.com/search?q=trash+can 25-30% organic, rest are the adds.
Maybe check to see if you have some malware inserting ads?
More than just advertising, this represents an element of curation on such search terms, to get you to the place you're really looking for. It'll help avoid situations like when that one blog post appeared at the top for [facebook login] and suddenly bunches of users couldn't find Facebook.
Like any technological tool, it could be misused for evil, and so will require vigilance in the court of public opinion if not in actual courts.
(Disclaimer: I'm a potential Googler, currently in the interview pipeline, but these views are my own.)
This isn't a banner ad. This is essentially a branded search. It's not like Google is targeting users with Flash-based crud here. To call it a banner ad is kind of silly.
Somebody works in marketing :)
It's very clear the intent of searching for Southwest Airlines; to get information about Southwest Airlines. The only difference between this result and any other result is that Southwest told Google what to put as their picture and sub-links, and Google made them pay for it. Searching for American Airlines shows almost exactly the same thing, except it's automatically populated by Google's engine, rather than being paid for.
Over the years Google is way more aggressive with ads then it used to be. For any query less and less percentage of first page is dedicate to organic example. E.g. a silly example: https://www.google.com/search?q=trash+can 25-30% organic, rest are the adds.
Only one ad without Adblock. http://i.imgur.com/pQqF9uz.png Maybe check to see if you have some malware inserting ads?
Interesting how this submission went from being #1 20 minutes ago, to #5 15 minutes ago and now is sitting at #9, despite the fact that the number of upvotes increased. Google workers mass flagging this submission? Don't be evil.
This isn't a banner ad. This is essentially a branded search. It's not like Google is targeting users with Flash-based crud here. To call it a banner ad is kind of silly.
These are 100% about the search query. Not related, but directly about the query. Not ads.
