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I for one do not like that as people may click on that rather than the ad.
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In fact I have now just seen one add that had no ads but just a whole bunch of links for related searches.
Any guesses?
I'm betting they replace the related searches with a small "Search google" box.
Would that be fair?
If they were in fact leasing the space there would be a lot fewer problems in this.
It has been pointed out several times that the Adsense terms allow them to do what they like and our choice is basically "take it or leave it".
That's valid logic up to a point. But the wording of the terms clearly indicates that public service ads or ads for Google products or services might be displayed if they did not have enough targeted ad inventory to fill the display we had chosen. So far no problem, the clear understanding being that Google would deliver "real" ads whenever it could and unpaid ads would be a fallback.
Adding multiple unpaid exit points even when there is a full complement of paying ads is substantively different from the original offering, and the change was made without anything I would consider fair disclosure.
Now, looking at all of these new happenings, i suspect, what else is in store for adsense publishers in the near future? Any guesses?.
After people will digest this cruel joke called "Related Search" then Google will introduce pop-ups. No, I am not joking.
That's valid logic up to a point. But the wording of the terms clearly indicates that public service ads or ads for Google products or services might be displayed if they did not have enough targeted ad inventory to fill the display we had chosen. So far no problem, the clear understanding being that Google would deliver "real" ads whenever it could and unpaid ads would be a fallback.
This is very true. We might have them on this.
After people will digest this cruel joke called "Related Search" then Google will introduce pop-ups. No, I am not joking.
Then we can start serving Ads on Pop Ups. They could never serve pop ups on our sites. Will not happen.
As part of the AdSense program, Google may suggest up to two relevant search queries below the AdWords ads on your website. These queries are labeled as 'Related searches.' If we do not yet have relevant ad inventory or have not yet crawled your web pages for content, related searches may appear in place of ads.
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I'm betting they replace the related searches with a small "Search google" box.
Well that would be the second step towards the "Beginning of the End"
After people will digest this cruel joke called "Related Search" then Google will introduce pop-ups. No, I am not joking.
Atleast, i have the Toolbar version 2 beta. ;)
At this rate Google's much awaited IPO could rather take a Big Beating .. Okay, i may have overreacted a bit! ( No offense meant )
[edited by: ideavirus at 2:58 pm (utc) on Aug. 7, 2003]
