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Search Engines Take Their Time Disclosing Paid Links

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-shocker-here dept.

An anonymous reader says "This CNN.com article talks about how most search engines have not disclosed the difference between a paid ad and an 'objective' result. The one exception of course is every geek's favorite search engine, Google. Once again, hooray for Google!" We mentioned the FTCs Mandate that search engines be clear about who's paying for what. Apparently all the non-google engines are on vacation ;)

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  1. Teach the spammers a lesson by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashdot them out of buisness! Follow these instructions.!

    Search on paid sites with terms like
    bulk email
    email marketing
    opt in safe lists
    and so on.

    Click on all the paid links. Then do it once every 24 hours. If all the slashdotters do this then a tremoundus 'slashdot effect' will cost the spammers potentionally millions of dollars! Do it now! Spread the word!

  2. Porn Sites by smellmyfart · · Score: 2, Funny

    So, If a porn site pays enough money, the next time i search the words how-to linux I'll be bombarded with pictures of penguins in sex postions. WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

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  3. Non Google Engines on Vacation? by 5h4k4-2u1u · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently all the non-google engines are on vacation ;)

    You mean there are other search engines?!

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