3 ms·
> Google was originally and for many years extremely elegant in it’s simplicity. What, no ads?
by monadic2 7y ago
> Google was originally and for many years extremely elegant in it’s simplicity.
What, no ads?
- caymanjim 7y agoGoogle has always and still does have the least-obtrusive ads. I don't like when ads masquerade as content, but if I have to receive ads, I'd prefer Google-managed ads over anyone else's. Even Stack Overflow fills their pages with hideous animated ads, and they're about the second-least-objectionable ad-bearing site.
- Cyclone_ 7y agoAgree 100% about the least obtrusive ads. The ads on the verge jump out at you and are pretty in your face.
- ogre_codes 7y ago> Google has always and still does have the least-obtrusive ads. This is no longer true. DuckDuckGo definitely has less obtrusive advertising now versus Google. There are fewer adverts per search and adverts are better labeled. Ads have gotten so pervasive, on a typical Google search, organic results are frequently below the fold.
- ogre_codes 7y agoCuriously, this post made me do a quick search and I was surprised at how poorly Bing faired versus Google and DDG.
- monadic2 7y agoThe issue with ads is not their obtrusiveness....
- dreamcompiler 7y agoGoogle had zero ads in the early days.
- ogre_codes 7y agoOriginally no. Then the first rev with ads had ads that were unobtrusive, obviously adverts, and often relevant.