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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.
We pay them to have them not advertise on our site?!
saoi_jp suggested taking a lower % of CTR. It is "paying" in a sense, but not by any of us having to whip out a credit card or having to send a check made out to Google AdSense ;) Just by taking a % cut of what we'd be earning.
I would be fine as long as no SPECIFIC "brands/keywords" shown in the "related search".
What!? We pay them to have them not advertise on our site?!
The world is up-side-down.
As the TOS says whether we expected it or not, they are allowed to do this (I think). So ultimately the question is do you believe in AdSense enough.
I know I do, I want AdSense, until a competitor is launched nothing comes close so yes I would be prepared to pay to get those Related Seacrhes off my ads.
I want ads and that is it, of course the symantecs would have to be worked out for example if you pay would the Ads by Google also be removed? etc
As I said 24 hours is a long time with tens of thousands of visitors involved, so for me I have a lot of thinking to do. When I wake up if the situation is still the same then I may well have to remove the ads altogther.
[edited by: Visit_Thailand at 4:15 pm (utc) on Aug. 7, 2003]
I saw a specific company name in a related search term link
:( I had not seen any brand or company names in anything I have seen. I could accept brand names - but if it is company names, especially competitor's company names, I would not be happy.
. I could accept brand names - but if it is company names, especially competitor's company names, I would not be happy.
the same with me: I have seen competing companies names appearing in "related search" and it happens at my sites very very often.
While I can block it from banners I can do nothing with related search... Google is evil.
Google is evil
Oh come on.. now that has to be over the top.
They make mistakes and they make decisions that do not have your interest in mind, but calling them evil is just so over the top.
If they're evil, switch. Many people who consider Microsoft to be evil have switched to Linux. You may just become a trailblazer and have us envying you for the rest of the decade.
I guess I still have some faith in G. I am waiting to see if our whining causes G to reconsider, but will be cutting their code in a day or two if they don't.
I do reflect on the fact that adsense was meant for content sites, not commercial ones. This new move will certainly weed out many commercial sites. I had hoped that the "content" parts of my commercial site would be compatible with the program. Adsense seems unable to get beyond the mainpage theme where I have no adsense placements.
Google hasn't said whether or not people are being compensated for these "related search" links. Yet you all immediately jump at Google's throat. Just a few days ago you're all loving Google and now you're hating them, because you believe Google somehow turned to the dark side over night. Come on, give them the benefit of the doubt. This just shows the kind of loyalty Google can expect from its "partners".
Has anyone written a polite letter to Google and asked if we're being compensated for these related searches and gotten a straight answer? Wait for that before you make an enemy of Google.
I don't know about the rest of you, but my CTR and payout are up. I'm not complaining.
