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Yeah, I'm not getting anything either

• jack-r-abbit 14y ago
  Normally, your Google results will first have the yellowish ad box above the results and then some stuff on the right (more ads, maybe a map, whatever). But if you search for "Anything quietly" or even just "quietly", those things are missing.
  • timtamboy63 14y ago
    Ah right. I probably can't see it because of my AdBlock. Cheers
  • garethadams 14y ago
    Hey, if I search for "foobar" - https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=foobar https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=foobar then there's no yellow box, google doesn't have any relevant ads! But if I search for "life insurance quietly" - https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=life+insurance+quietly https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=life+insurance+quietly - ADS! This is a total non-story, caused by not understanding keyword matching algorithms. If you add words to a query, it turns out your query becomes less related to potential keywords that have been targeted for adverts, and this drop in relevance might be enough to cross the threshold where adverts are shown at all
    • jack-r-abbit 14y ago
      ya. non-story. I see other examples of things that have the right side empty and others that have something even when you include "quietly". Weak sauce.