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But the majority of that online advertising income comes from ads on their own search results pages, not from adsense ads.

• eru 10y ago
  One can still block those. My adblocker does by default.
  • afarrell 10y ago
    Why? Isn't that the exact time when you would want to see ads?
    • Someone 10y ago
      In my case, I guess 90% of searches either include the term "stack overflow" or "Wikipedia", or get augmented by them when an initial search doesn't give desired results. I can't see how such searches might produce adverts that would help answer my questions. It's very rare that I search for a product and even then, chances are that I add "review" or "sucks" (can work fine in combination with a specific product; negative reviews often tell you more about a product than positive ones, just like a requirements document or a product road map becomes a lot better if one includes things that people might the product to do that it will not do)
    • eru 10y ago
      It would be the time when I'm hating apps the least, yes. Usually, the companies whose ads I'd want to click on rank high in the organic search results, anyway.
      • eru 10y ago
        Ads, not apps..
  • petra 10y ago
    If push comes to shove Google can do any number of things to fight against ads. For example, it started, silently, without explaining,for some who remove ads in youtube, to stop the video in the middle. Heck even creating a credible enough rumor that blocking google search ads seriously degrades results could have a material impact.
    • nightski 10y ago
      This would be a good thing in the long run. It would open the door to paid services that could be competitive. Currently YouTube is free and there are no consequences for blocking ads. It's funny, I didn't even realize that YouTube had ads until I turned off my ad blocker one day. I was amazed at how awful the experience was...
      • russell_h 10y ago
        I think you can pay to disable ads on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/red https://www.youtube.com/red
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        • delroth 10y ago
          Only in the US. :(
  • doppp 10y ago
    Which ad-blocker are you using? I'm trying to find an alternative to AdBlock.
    • thearn4 10y ago
      I'm using uBlock origin and find it much better than ABP.
      • eru 10y ago
        Me, too. I mostly looked for an alternative to AdBlock and AdBlock Plus because they were serious memory hogs.
• tma-1 10y ago
  Ad blockers block those by default.