Have you ever been to one of those websites that had so many ads you couldn’t see the content (when it loaded 30 seconds later)? Banners and pop up’s and auto p

Have you ever been to one of those websites that had so many ads you couldn’t see the content (when it loaded 30 seconds later)? Banners and pop up’s and auto playing video all stacked on top of each other… Google and Facebook don’t look like that. Those sort of sites will never become a lasting concern like google or Facebook because users hate it. Google could make more money if 50% of search results were ads but then people would stop using search and they’d lose all their business. Instead they put less ads and hope you use maps, which also has a few ads, then YouTube which has a few ads then… then… then… It’s a lot more sustainable to “increase inventory” by increasing surface area for customers than using a bigger % of existing area. Same reason cable gets more channels instead of bigger % of existing airtime going to ads. Just like television- you can have a good show, even though ads are in between. that doesn’t make the writing any worse, the writers will still do their best. If you have a good experience with search, you’ll use it for years, and you may use other products since you had a good experience.