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> There will be no banner ads on the Google homepage or web search results pages. There will not be crazy, flashy, graphical doodads flying and popping up all o

> There will be no banner ads on the Google homepage or web search results pages. There will not be crazy, flashy, graphical doodads flying and popping up all over the Google site. Ever. How times have changed. https://mashable.com/2012/08/28/google-homepage-ad https://mashable.com/2012/08/28/google-homepage-ad https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/24/google-breaks-promise-banner-ads-search-results https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/24/google-br...

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nkozyra 8y ago
Never say never. Or alternately, go ahead and say it, nobody really cares.
benhoyt 8y ago
To be fair, there aren't "banner ads" on either the Google homepage or the search results pages. Neither are there "crazy, flashy, graphical doodads flying and popping up". There are definitely ads on the search results pages, and they take too much vertical space IMO, but they're text and small images, not flashing and tacky stuff.
- gcb0 8y ago
  completely depends on your definition of "crazy". I mean Google used to show ads for a particular drug if you searched for suicide methods that would call for such drug.... that's pretty crazy in my book. also most of the deal was about video ads. just take a look at YouTube.
- modzu 8y ago
  well yes, the genius is that the ads on the google page are virtually indistinguishable from actual results. is that better or worse?
- TagAsDelusion 8y ago
  to be fair when someone says 'to be fair' the next words typed sure as fuck ain't.
duxup 8y ago
I feel like they did do some of that, although the spirit of what they're saying remains true to some extent.
rossdavidh 8y ago
Well, compared to the rest of the internet today (including mashable that you provide a link to), they are wayyyyyy less flashy and graphical. I wish the rest of the internet was a clean as google's homepage.

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nkozyra 8y ago

Never say never. Or alternately, go ahead and say it, nobody really cares.

benhoyt 8y ago

To be fair, there aren't "banner ads" on either the Google homepage or the search results pages. Neither are there "crazy, flashy, graphical doodads flying and popping up". There are definitely ads on the search results pages, and they take too much vertical space IMO, but they're text and small images, not flashing and tacky stuff.

gcb0 8y ago
completely depends on your definition of "crazy". I mean Google used to show ads for a particular drug if you searched for suicide methods that would call for such drug.... that's pretty crazy in my book. also most of the deal was about video ads. just take a look at YouTube.
modzu 8y ago
well yes, the genius is that the ads on the google page are virtually indistinguishable from actual results. is that better or worse?
TagAsDelusion 8y ago
to be fair when someone says 'to be fair' the next words typed sure as fuck ain't.

duxup 8y ago

I feel like they did do some of that, although the spirit of what they're saying remains true to some extent.

rossdavidh 8y ago

Well, compared to the rest of the internet today (including mashable that you provide a link to), they are wayyyyyy less flashy and graphical. I wish the rest of the internet was a clean as google's homepage.