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Another thing that google promised (and that I distinctly remember) was that they wouldn't do 'paid placements' in the results, they broke that promise and weas
by byrneseyeview 16y ago
Another thing that google promised (and that I distinctly remember) was that they wouldn't do 'paid placements' in the results, they broke that promise and weaseled through the cracks by putting a little background colour on the ads.
There's a huge difference between paid placement and ads--labelled "Ads"--that correspond to search results.
- jacquesm 16y agoThe google of 2000 would never have polluted their search page like that. Not to mention all the google owned property links in the search results (and those are not labeled 'ad').
- axod 16y agoThat's just because in 2000, they were trying to get as much market share as possible. Also they probably didn't need to get more revenue at the time. It sounds like you're trying to argue that Google has abandoned their core beliefs, or been overrun with profit driven accountants or something. I'm pretty sure the "get users, then figure out revenue" is a very widely used strategy. Google are just more on the second part than the first...