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I think you're overselling how much Google cares (or needs to care) about trust. They dominate search traffic (in the markets/countries they exist for). Busine

I think you're overselling how much Google cares (or needs to care) about trust. They dominate search traffic (in the markets/countries they exist for). Businesses don't use AdWords because they "trust" Google. They suffer through using AdWords because it's the only game in town.

halflings 7y ago
This article is from 2015: https://adage.com/article/digital/inside-google-s-secret-war-ad-fraud/298652 https://adage.com/article/digital/inside-google-s-secret-war... "If advertisers believed the company's operation were fraud-filled, they could take their money elsewhere and the business would falter." That's it, in a nutshell. (and if they had 100 people working on this in 2015; you better believe that number is much higher now)
- mirimir 7y ago
  > This article is from 2015 ... Maybe Google had more competition in 2015. Although I find even that difficult to take seriously. Where else would they "take their money"? Facebook? I doubt that Facebook ads show up in web searches.
  - owl57 7y ago
    A lot of people probably see more Facebook ads than Google ones. And Facebook knows a lot about users, probably including some things that Google knows less reliably. The relevant problem is, do they seem any less scummy?
- skrebbel 7y ago
  > elsewhere And where would that be, exactly?