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That article claims that Google regularly returns result pages full of ads, and shows a screenshot of a search for [what is bitcoin] as evidence: http://i.imgur

That article claims that Google regularly returns result pages full of ads, and shows a screenshot of a search for [what is bitcoin] as evidence: http://i.imgur.com/eBtzYic.png http://i.imgur.com/eBtzYic.png Obviously a non-commercial query like this should return few (if any) ads, so I tried to reproduce the author's results. Here is a screenshot taken of searching for [what is bitcoin] in a fresh Incognito window: http://i.imgur.com/KfY3gvs.png http://i.imgur.com/KfY3gvs.png . There are no ads, and the search results a reasonable. I thought the vastly different result could maybe be a result of searching on google.com vs google.co.uk, but changing the domain did not generate any ads either: http://i.imgur.com/5gcOvtJ.png http://i.imgur.com/5gcOvtJ.png Does anyone on HN see a page full of ads when they search for [what is bitcoin]?

phaemon 13y ago
Yes, I got the plus500 ad on that search.
ctz 13y ago
> Does anyone on HN see ads when they search for [what is bitcoin]? Yes: http://i.imgur.com/2iFv7Yf.png http://i.imgur.com/2iFv7Yf.png
- giarc 13y ago
  When is this from? I thought the black bar was all but gone.
johnx123-up 13y ago
FWIW, for getting ads, your location and TLD matters. Perhaps, you can check Adwords ad check tool--available when you place ad for any keywords.
xSwag 13y ago
Did you make sure to disable Adblock and extensions like Ghostery? I used the stock crunchbang browser (iceweasel) and it showed me advertisements: http://i.imgur.com/mhJhc5W.png http://i.imgur.com/mhJhc5W.png
- jmillikin 13y ago
  That screenshot was taken in a Chrome profile with no extensions. I also checked in Firefox with no extensions, with the same result.
scriptproof 13y ago
Maybe because in incognito mode you are not tracked, so you can not have contextual ads. Apparently, the service do not try to serve non-contextual-ads at all.
PeterisP 13y ago
Not a full page, but above the search results there is a block of 2-3 ads just as in the http://i.imgur.com/eBtzYic.png http://i.imgur.com/eBtzYic.png example.

phaemon 13y ago

Yes, I got the plus500 ad on that search.

ctz 13y ago

> Does anyone on HN see ads when they search for [what is bitcoin]? Yes: http://i.imgur.com/2iFv7Yf.png http://i.imgur.com/2iFv7Yf.png

giarc 13y ago
When is this from? I thought the black bar was all but gone.

johnx123-up 13y ago

FWIW, for getting ads, your location and TLD matters. Perhaps, you can check Adwords ad check tool--available when you place ad for any keywords.

xSwag 13y ago

Did you make sure to disable Adblock and extensions like Ghostery? I used the stock crunchbang browser (iceweasel) and it showed me advertisements: http://i.imgur.com/mhJhc5W.png http://i.imgur.com/mhJhc5W.png

jmillikin 13y ago
That screenshot was taken in a Chrome profile with no extensions. I also checked in Firefox with no extensions, with the same result.

scriptproof 13y ago

Maybe because in incognito mode you are not tracked, so you can not have contextual ads. Apparently, the service do not try to serve non-contextual-ads at all.

PeterisP 13y ago

Not a full page, but above the search results there is a block of 2-3 ads just as in the http://i.imgur.com/eBtzYic.png http://i.imgur.com/eBtzYic.png example.