"There will be no banner ads on the Google homepage ... Ever." Eight years passed... "There will be no banner ads on the Google homepage ... ever, excepting o

"There will be no banner ads on the Google homepage ... Ever." Eight years passed... "There will be no banner ads on the Google homepage ... ever, excepting one large ad at the top of the page." After that it did not seem strange when the pigs who were supervising the work of the farm all carried whips in their trotters.