no ublock origin = pebcak
how do you get adblock on mobile?
Firefox on Android has uBlock Origin. I think Kiwi and other browsers allow it too. No idea about Chrome or anything.
For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
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Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
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I saw this myself months ago with my father. He calls me up, and tells me that Google is only showing him ads, and he can't find any actual content. I figured it was some kind of malware he installed, but nope, I get over there and it's exactly like this screenshot. The entire first screen of results was ads. Then when I scrolled down, there weren't Google ads, but just a bunch of SEO spam. Wasn't gonna waste my time…
lol, OK what was the query? let's see the DDG and Google results side by side. I swear people always say nonsense like this and when I ask for specific queries they stop replying. Check my history if you doubt it. I don't doubt you saw ads, but Google very strictly limits the percentage of the screen that can be ads or percentage of results. If you can find a single query in which every result on the first page is a…
Maybe people don't reply because they don't care about proving it to you, or they don't care about replying to some snarky-ass comment. I saw what I saw, and don't care if you don't believe it.
Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
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> Nobody's saying the search results are only ads, they're saying that the only results that are shown to consumers without some action on their part are ads... The title of this post and point of the twitter thread is: "For some searches literally the whole screen!! on google is now ads."
Again.. "the whole screen" which implies everything you can see... Not everything that exists.
I agree. Should I make another post stating how DDG only shows ads on the entire screen as well?
It seems that all of the search engines just suck huh.
Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
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I'm on a 13" Macbook Pro, here's what a Chrome search for "Salesforce Integration" with my adblocker turned off looks like: https://i.imgur.com/AkQWJeF.png 100% ads. DDG for the same search is better, but not by much: https://i.imgur.com/pcpxr4l.png
what's after the fold? Why do you crop it so it only shows ads? so ridiculous. Google will almost never show more than 5 sponsored ads or some combination of 2-3 ads and sponsored modal. same is true with Bing, DDG, Startpage, etc. this scenario of all of the results being ads is nonexistent. again if anyone can show me a reproducible query in which all results are ads, $5 - easy. omg DDG 100% ads !111 https://imgur.…
You didn't even read my comment you replied to. Did you not see where I said that I scrolled down past the ads to look at all the totally legit SEO spam?
Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
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There is zero way to exactly replicate OPs query as Google heavily tailors results to each person, logged in or not. And yes, people are shocked at the amount of ads google is pushing.
This is not true. Ads are preslotted - so you might not get the same ads, but you will get the same number of ads.
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Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
#67Yeah I’ve noticed this too. But also the rest of the front page is often either seo spam (like those Pinterest links which catch whatever search term you’ve used) or shopping sites. I’ve found google search to be increasingly hostile to its customers. I guess we’re not the customers. Use duckduckgo or something else.
You're not duckduckgo's customer either (their primary revenue source is keyword based advertising), or the customer of anything else you don't pay for. The only one I know of that at least plans to have a simple two-way relationship with search users as their customers is Kagi. Currently it's in free beta with a waitlist (took a week for me). When they go live they intend it to be a paid, subscription service with n…
>Currently it's in free beta with a waitlist (took a week for me)
When did you apply? I filled out their survey at the end of december and haven't even received a confirmation email. I tried again a few weeks back with a gmail address, and still nothing. So I guess at least it's already at Google-level customer service.
Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
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It’s literally a cropped image that no one has said they can reproduce
Search "retool slack integration" on google.com with no quotes
Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
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what's after the fold? Why do you crop it so it only shows ads? so ridiculous. Google will almost never show more than 5 sponsored ads or some combination of 2-3 ads and sponsored modal. same is true with Bing, DDG, Startpage, etc. this scenario of all of the results being ads is nonexistent. again if anyone can show me a reproducible query in which all results are ads, $5 - easy. omg DDG 100% ads !111 https://imgur.…
I didn't crop it.. that's the point.. on the native resolution of my computer, doing a search for that specific term shows 100% ads after clicking "search".. Obviously you can scroll past them, maybe that's why you're confused? Nobody's saying the search results are only ads, they're saying that the only results that are shown to consumers without some action on their part are ads...
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Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
#70Did anyone replicate this? I couldn’t on desktop and mobile. Seems like flame bait
This is how search results for "car rentals new york" look like on my display, there are no organic results above the fold.
https://i.imgur.com/CFeWDY1.png
As for your question, there is no point in trying to replicate results for the same query, search results and the displayed ads can wildly differ for the same query based on a large number of factors.