3 ms·
Google was always extremely proud of the fact that, unlike Yahoo, Altavista, etc., you couldn't buy the top spots. The organic results looked very different fro
by SamBam 7y ago
Google was always extremely proud of the fact that, unlike Yahoo, Altavista, etc., you couldn't buy the top spots. The organic results looked very different from the couple one-line ads at the top or side.
Now, if I search without an ad block for something like "screws" I get
1. Two ads that look like search results (same 3-4 line excerpt, same links into internal results, same "more" dropdown), except for a little box that says "Ad". This takes up 1/2 of my screen.
2. A full-screen height worth of map and links to physical stores (have no idea if they're paid for or not)
3. My results