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Does anyone know who provides the bulk of the ads on these re-direct/ad DNS servers that ISPs are using these days? My guess is it's probably not Google or why
by jsz0 17y ago
Does anyone know who provides the bulk of the ads on these re-direct/ad DNS servers that ISPs are using these days? My guess is it's probably not Google or why would they offer an alternative? It sounds like a very clever way to attack their online advertising competition to me. Obviously they'd get into some hot water by trying to compete directly with their own advertising based DNS. Instead they attack the entire market of re-direct/ad DNS by offering a clean alternative that happens to hurt their competition. Very clever. It wouldn't surprise me to see some of the Google software (Toolbar, Chrome, Notifier) offer an option to use Google DNS in the future. For the end user it's a good thing -- for Google's competition it's pretty terrible.
- cdibona 17y agoActually, a fair amount of this kind of advertising is Google. Also Yahoo, MS and any number of other providers. Sure doesn't make DNS hijacking right, though. <i>Disclaimer: Work for Google.</i>