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Google Allows Sponsored Rankings...In Ads
A number of written that the sky is fallen because Google is allowing sponsored rankings. Of course, if you read the article it's the sponsored links on the right side of the page - where the ads have always been.
Great, so some company is going to spend $10,000 more to be the first ad ignored on the right side of the screeen. Bravo to Google for being able to sell that real estate. At least it's not as intrusive as an OSDN bar on the top of some other site.
--The space between my ears was intentionally left blank--
Say what you want to say about other search engines trying to decieve you about the adds, but leave Google alone. A large number of times, especially when I am searching for a product, those adds are exactly where I want to go to. And besides when I am not looking for a product the adds are desguised as search choices so its really the best of both worlds.
My concern is that google won't be as useful as a search engine now that the highest bidder can get their sites listed first. Hopefully, I won't waste more time searching for what I really wanted... It is a shame though, but this appears to be the post dotcom reality.
Ironically, I switched to google because the old search engines were being polluted and diluted by ad money.
"He was a wise man who invented beer." -- Plato
Defensive posting - it was being flood submitted, and most of the people didn't understand what it meant. I was trying to clear the air about it.
Yeah, I'm that guy.