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Google Is Testing Self-Promotion Ads On Search Results (pulseheadlines.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the promotions-for-popular-people dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Google Inc. is testing a new feature to allow local businesses, celebrities, and organizations to post self-promoting information and ads on the company's search results. The information would be displayed on a design similar to Google's "mobile cards." This new type of self-promoting campaigns impulsed by Google appears to be an extension of "Google Podium," a beta that started last month with the collaboration of the U.S. presidential candidates. "This is an experimental search feature we are testing, but it is not tied to Google+. We are currently experimenting with presidential candidates and just started with some SMBs for a select pilot period," said a Google representative, as quoted by Modern Readers on Sunday.

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  1. will ad-blocking work? by turkeydance · · Score: 1

    just curious

  2. Eric Schmidt related? by houghi · · Score: 1

    Is this Googles way of getting political influence? http://news.slashdot.org/story...

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  3. I don't think that means what you think it means by drew_kime · · Score: 3, Informative

    This new type of self-promoting campaigns impulsed by Google appears to be an extension of "Google Podium."

    I don't think "impulsed" is a word. And this isn't just grammar pedantry, I really don't know what they think it means in this context. Supported? Designed? Driven? Endorsed? Created?

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  4. That oughta hold the little SMBs by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 1

    We are currently experimenting with presidential candidates and just started with some SMBs for a select pilot period

    What's an SMB?

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    1. Re:That oughta hold the little SMBs by danhuby · · Score: 1

      Small and mid-sized business

    2. Re:That oughta hold the little SMBs by Zocalo · · Score: 1

      Small- and Medium-sized Business, an alternate version of SME - Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise.

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    3. Re:That oughta hold the little SMBs by xxxJonBoyxxx · · Score: 4, Funny

      Super Mario Brother. Before political correctness they would have said, "trying it on a few Goombas" but today people will say "SMBs" instead.

    4. Re:That oughta hold the little SMBs by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 1

      ^ Best answer.

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  5. Re:I don't think that means what you think it mean by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 1

    Wiktionary says it's an obsolete word meaning to impel or to incite, neither of which achieve cromulence in this case.

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  6. I didn't see any by U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M · · Score: 1

    We are currently experimenting with presidential candidates and just started with some SMBs for a select pilot period...

    I haven't seen any Super Mario Brothers ad.

  7. Re:I don't think that means what you think it mean by danhuby · · Score: 1

    Wiktionary says it's the simple past tense and past participle of impulse. Impulse means a sudden urge requiring action.

    Rephrasing then... "This new type of self-promoting campaigns that Google felt the urge to action..."

  8. Re:I don't think that means what you think it mean by danhuby · · Score: 1

    We must be looking at a different Wiktionary.

  9. Re:I don't think that means what you think it mean by Nunya666 · · Score: 1

    What's "wiktionary"?

    Is that some dictionary that anybody can edit? Who would use a "dictionary" that any uneducated schmuck could edit? Perhaps the same people who think "10 times less" is grammatically correct.

    Dictionary.com (I mean dictionary.reference.com) does not list "impulsed" because it is not a word. It just asks "Did you mean impulse?"

  10. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They found ads on Google's search results page? How is this new? Is the author not an English native speaker, or is this one of the newer machine generated content articles. What the actual fuck is this gibberish babbling about?

    Also, what is the difference between "self-promoting information" and an advertisement? I thought they were the same thing.

  11. new? by Mirar · · Score: 2

    Hasn't google been doing this for years, adwords and shopping and stuff? What's new?

    1. Re:new? by KGIII · · Score: 1

      > What's new?

      These appear to be ads. Ads for politicians. "Promotions." What makes this different is, as near as I can tell, it's never been easier than this to buy a politician.

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  12. Re:I don't think that means what you think it mean by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 1

    Yes, we must.

    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki...

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  13. Re:I don't think that means what you think it mean by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 1

    Dictionary.com (I mean dictionary.reference.com) does not list "impulsed" because it is not a word.

    Have you looked up "circular definition"?

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  14. Re:I don't think that means what you think it mean by Nunya666 · · Score: 1

    You sound like one of those people who believe anything they read on the Internet.

    My background in education instilled a mistrust in wikis. Since they can be edited by anyone, they cannot be used as references in collegiate papers. I would much rather use a reliable source than one where anybody can just make up shit.

  15. Re:I don't think that means what you think it mean by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 1

    Who says?

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  16. Re:I don't think that means what you think it mean by KGIII · · Score: 1

    OED lists it as a word. I have no idea if either of these will work:
    http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/...
    http://www.oed.com/search?sear...

    Err... You need a "library card" for that. Maybe. They're easy to "hack."

    Impuled:
    Etymology: < impulse n. or < Latin impuls- , participial stem of impellre to impel v.; compare obsolete French impulser.

        trans. To give an impulse to; to impel; to instigate. Also intr.

    Citation:
    "impulse, v.". OED Online. December 2015. Oxford University Press. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/... (accessed March 07, 2016).

    Note the citation says 'impulse' but look at the URL. It hasn't been updated since 1869. According to their little image, it's not a frequently used word. I did have to poke at the formatting. Slashdot ate some of it. It also made me use HTML entities for < characters. Mouse over the URL and you'll see it. If you want, hack an OED account and have all the access you want. (I don't know my library card number, so I am some guy out of Surrey. At least OED thinks I am.)

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  17. Re:I don't think that means what you think it mean by KGIII · · Score: 1

    Try OED. It's still a word. Expand the refreshed thread if you can't see my prior response. It's just not in common usage. Which is one of the reasons to use things like Wiktionary. I guess you could argue with OED, if you want? My prior response includes a citation or, better, it gives a couple of hints as to how to access the site.

    Hmm...

    hertsb0000xxxxx

    Change the "x" to a five digit number. If the first couple don't work, try again - bad luck and you've (maybe) picked on that's already in use and they've changed the settings. There are alternative prefixes.

    hertsb - is the library identifier.
    0000xxxxx is library card number.

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  18. I've been testing DuckDuckGo by Threni · · Score: 1

    It's been going pretty well so far. Sometimes I use google search by mistake and see search history from ages ago. I don't use email much, and I use firefox instead of chrome, so despite using android on 3 devices I don't think google is getting very much out of me.

  19. Re:I don't think that means what you think it mean by drew_kime · · Score: 1

    http://www.cnet.com/news/study...

    If you don't want to click through, the key point is in the URL.

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