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Spaces like ... search engines, where you go and search specifically for the business you want? Are you arguing that only Google should be allowed to make mone
by native_samples 5y ago
Spaces like ... search engines, where you go and search specifically for the business you want?
Are you arguing that only Google should be allowed to make money from advertising online?
- tomjen3 5y agoThat is not what he claimed at all, and you know that. One does not go to google to get ads, one goes to google to get results, which ads subtract from. GP was likely talking about a dedicated space, say ads or offers.com.
- native_samples 5y agoNo, lots of people absolutely go to Google to get ads. How many people do you think are looking for Wikipedia when they search for something like "flowers" and it's February 14th? This idea people seem to have here that nobody likes or ever needs/uses ads is just plain wrong. These businesses aren't the size they are because ads are useless noise.
- timeon 5y agoIs it big deal to specify in your search what you want to do with the "flowers"?
- native_samples 5y agoYes! Getting rid of the need to learn special syntaxes and awkward commands is a big part of why people use search so much. Again, I really cannot stress this enough. Nobody outside of the HN bubble thinks the way this works is a problem.
- BuyMyBitcoins 5y agoI welcome them when I am on the Shopping tab of a search engine. Not so much in general queries.
- native_samples 5y agoLots of ads are for things that aren't appropriate for Shopping, e.g. most service businesses. So that wouldn't work. Universal search is a ship that sailed long ago my friend. People find it useful and Google has tons of metrics to back it up. It's not going away. Mixed mode search is just so much easier to use.