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it shows banner ads for companies including SouthWest Airlines on pages which include them in web search results. It's not just 'If you search for Southwest
by milliams 13y ago
it shows banner ads for companies including SouthWest
Airlines on pages which include them in web search results.
It's not just 'If you search for Southwest Airlines'. It's if in the list of results for the thing you searched for there's a Southwest Airlines page. It could be coincidental but suddenly you have a large advertisement at the top of your page.
It wouldn't be outside the bounds of possibility for this to encourage Google to rank Southwest Airlines pages more highly so that they can show the banner, thereby generating more revenue.
- freehunter 13y agoI only see the ad when I search directly for "Southwest Airlines". For example, search for "Southwest check in". Southwest Airlines is the number one result, but there's no ad on the page: https://www.google.com/#q=southwest+check+in https://www.google.com/#q=southwest+check+in
- rafitorres 13y agoI see the ad if I search for just "southwest".
- freehunter 13y agoTrue.
- psbp 13y agoI'm outraged that google could possibly murder puppies.