They did this before. One article from 2011: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-57331212-264/googles-new-a...
Yes, this is nothing new. Surprised people never saw it before in fact.
Also surprised people didn't expect this. Like any company, Google ties its products together and promotes one on the other. As another example, some google websites will recommend using chrome.
Those are Chrome apps. The ad is above the icons. I had the same ad on my Chrome 'new tab' screen. Yeah, but they are GOOGLE Apps for Chrome. Others have Chrome apps too, no?
They are apps he has installed. You don't call the Internet Explorer icon on Windows an "advertisement" do you?
Google is desperate for revenue, their PE is 25+, Apple and MSFT have it 10 or so. Their stock will drop in half if growth isn't there. Every search page with commercial interest is already pay-to-play, some openly, others obvious enough for anyone. What's next for that 30% growth Larry wants? What other service is he going to ruin for short term profits? At their valuation it becomes harder and harder to beat the pr…
Google is desperate for revenue, their PE is 25+, Apple and MSFT have it 10 or so. Their stock will drop in half if growth isn't there. Every search page with commercial interest is already pay-to-play, some openly, others obvious enough for anyone. What's next for that 30% growth Larry wants? What other service is he going to ruin for short term profits? At their valuation it becomes harder and harder to beat the pr…
Illegal things?
Yeah, it was all over WSJ a while back. Something to do with adwords and advertising for illegal drugs, hormones or something. Top execs knew but Google paid a fine and they escaped.
I use speed dial 2. works like a charm. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/speed-dial-2/jpfpe...
I'm working on a similar extension that stores your settings on a server (see my other comment to this post) and was wondering: what are the main Spped Dial 2 features that you use?
The homepage. With the links. Mostly that, in plain, no groups or nothing. Sometimes I like to fiddle with the background and some settings but 99% of my usage consists of that. I watched the statistics page once when I found it. I even disabled the sidebar because it was annoying. I really liked Opera and it remembers it a lot. If you can come up with something similar give me a shot I will gladly try it.