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TextExpander's top organic search result automatically downloads their installer
I Googled for "text expander for Windows" and clicked the first organic link that came up in Google.
It lead me to https://textexpander.com/download which automatically downloads their tool's installer.
This seems like a pretty shady tactic and I hope it doesn't become the norm for tech products.
It's sort of like a door to door salesman just throwing a vacuum through your window instead of politely informing you about the vacuum beforehand.
I'm surprised Google doesn't penalize sites like this because it's borderline malware. A site shouldn't just start to download unprovoked executables, especially not when it's the first organic result when you weren't even searching to download the product.
What do you think about sites that do this?