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I believe (but have no evidence) that Google does this to redirect users towards searches which are more likely to serve ads. The more results a search yields -
by jeangenie 12y ago
I believe (but have no evidence) that Google does this to redirect users towards searches which are more likely to serve ads. The more results a search yields --> the more likely it is someone is paying to target it. This likely applies more to general users and not HN users (turns out queries for error messages are hard-to-monetize).
- AnthonyMouse 12y ago> turns out queries for error messages are hard-to-monetize Really? You would think it would be the perfect opportunity for competitors to advertise. Here's the user frustrated with their existing vendor because their computer is emitting some kind of gibberish instead of doing what they paid for it to do, and here you are offering a different product that presumably makes the error go away.
- njharman 12y agoDouble really! error msg == probably developer or tech person with lots of disposable income. Editors, debuggers, conferences, books, geekchandise, etc.
- danudey 12y agoIn corporate software, perhaps. I'm not going to ditch python-ldap just because an ad on a search page had… I don't even know who would advertise on that kind of page. Software consulting maybe? Outsourcing?
- jeangenie 12y agoThis totally makes sense unless you actually think about it. Then it's just shit.