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Google is better only with ads turned off. Otherwise DDG and Bing beat Google's ads anytime. Try surfing Google without an ad blocker to see what I'm talking ab

Google is better only with ads turned off. Otherwise DDG and Bing beat Google's ads anytime. Try surfing Google without an ad blocker to see what I'm talking about, they've gone way over what's acceptable. Either way I go the extra mile to give the underdog a chance.

jarcoal 14y ago
Google has gone so far over the line with ads it's ridiculous. I didn't even realize it until recently when I disabled my ad blocker for a moment. I'm amazed Googlers can look at that every day at work and not feel like their company has lost it's way. Just checked it now with ad blocker off on my 13" macbook air screen. The organic results are barely above the fold... barely. Offensive.
- prezjordan 14y ago
  Care to post a screenshot? I just disabled AdBlock and looks legitimately the same.
  - blntechie 14y ago
    Here we go. Original - http://imgur.com/AGM7I http://imgur.com/AGM7I Ad-blocked - http://imgur.com/Sj7pe http://imgur.com/Sj7pe This is from my laptop screen. The first non-ad result is barely visible on the top fold of the page. Thanks to that key word goes to zach from a comment in this thread. The results are pretty astonishing. I'm disappointed on barely how little visual difference exist between an ad and a legitimate result.
    - tonfa 14y ago
      It is a commercial query though, organic results are often less relevant.
      - loverobots 14y ago
        ;) Google decided that companies that pay them more (between price per click and CPM) are more relevant? Color me surprised. Google is also on a jihad against extremely useful sites that do things like price comparison and reviews. Guess why?
        tonfa 14y ago
        Ad placement also depends on quality: http://support.google.com/adwords/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2454010 http://support.google.com/adwords/bin/answer.py?hl=en&an...
        sjs382 14y ago
        Ad placement, within the ad boxes, is partially determined by a "Quality Score". Actual placement depends on (quality score x bid).
        hammersend 14y ago
        There's a lot more to it than that. If somebody clicks your ad and then peel out within a few seconds then obviously your ad didn't do anything for them so the next time somebody clicks, your price goes up. Pretty soon you write a better ad. I know it isn't popular to say this but sometimes when I'm looking for a product to buy, ads are relevant. And the better the ad the more I appreciate it.
- comex 14y ago
  I don't use AdBlock and I haven't consciously noticed an ad in a long time. In fact, I'm having a hard time finding queries with an ad at the top at all.
  - zach 14y ago
    My reliable go-to query for maximum ads is [electric heaters].
    - Drbble 14y ago
      [Credut cards] To be fair though, most people asking queries like this actually do want ads!
  - thesnider 14y ago
    The one query that literally ALWAYS has lots of ads is 'flowers'. The query that always has product ads is 'dslr'

jarcoal 14y ago

Google has gone so far over the line with ads it's ridiculous. I didn't even realize it until recently when I disabled my ad blocker for a moment. I'm amazed Googlers can look at that every day at work and not feel like their company has lost it's way. Just checked it now with ad blocker off on my 13" macbook air screen. The organic results are barely above the fold... barely. Offensive.

prezjordan 14y ago
Care to post a screenshot? I just disabled AdBlock and looks legitimately the same.
- blntechie 14y ago
  Here we go. Original - http://imgur.com/AGM7I http://imgur.com/AGM7I Ad-blocked - http://imgur.com/Sj7pe http://imgur.com/Sj7pe This is from my laptop screen. The first non-ad result is barely visible on the top fold of the page. Thanks to that key word goes to zach from a comment in this thread. The results are pretty astonishing. I'm disappointed on barely how little visual difference exist between an ad and a legitimate result.
  - tonfa 14y ago
    It is a commercial query though, organic results are often less relevant.
    - loverobots 14y ago
      ;) Google decided that companies that pay them more (between price per click and CPM) are more relevant? Color me surprised. Google is also on a jihad against extremely useful sites that do things like price comparison and reviews. Guess why?
      - tonfa 14y ago
        Ad placement also depends on quality: http://support.google.com/adwords/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=2454010 http://support.google.com/adwords/bin/answer.py?hl=en&an...
        sjs382 14y ago
        Ad placement, within the ad boxes, is partially determined by a "Quality Score". Actual placement depends on (quality score x bid).
      - hammersend 14y ago
        There's a lot more to it than that. If somebody clicks your ad and then peel out within a few seconds then obviously your ad didn't do anything for them so the next time somebody clicks, your price goes up. Pretty soon you write a better ad. I know it isn't popular to say this but sometimes when I'm looking for a product to buy, ads are relevant. And the better the ad the more I appreciate it.
comex 14y ago
I don't use AdBlock and I haven't consciously noticed an ad in a long time. In fact, I'm having a hard time finding queries with an ad at the top at all.
- zach 14y ago
  My reliable go-to query for maximum ads is [electric heaters].
  - Drbble 14y ago
    [Credut cards] To be fair though, most people asking queries like this actually do want ads!
- thesnider 14y ago
  The one query that literally ALWAYS has lots of ads is 'flowers'. The query that always has product ads is 'dslr'