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I can't believe Google couldn't categoricatically add context to these type of ads if they really cared. Google knows the ad link. Google can crawl the target
by ethbro 9y ago
I can't believe Google couldn't categoricatically add context to these type of ads if they really cared.
Google knows the ad link. Google can crawl the target page / file. If it's an installer, Google can run it in a VM and note what ends up being installed.
If you can't pull a clear "this is crapware" signal out of that, then their ML is a lot less advanced than it seems.
And if they can, then just automatically put a stronger visual border around it with something like "This is an advertisement" in bold. Then let advertisers sort it out. Google penalizes SEO they disagree with all the time, and people stop doing it because they don't want to take the hit.
And I'm pretty sure it is (image recognition) and they don't... so... advertising buys trump "don't be evil."
- sundvor 9y agoThey would care if thousands of organisations pulled their advertising over it.
- giancarlostoro 9y agoI really wish this were the case. It would be nice if more organizations were more action oriented against malvertisement. I seem to recall there was one blog / news site that got rid of Google Adsense from their website here on HN not over a year ago, and I'm sure others have. It's really sad that Google doesn't put any effort (that we know, though we would see less of this) against these advertisements.