Google now using onMouseOver to "hide" ads

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Google now using onMouseOver to "hide" ads

NFFC

8:59 pm on May 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

Is this new?

RobertPike

9:03 pm on May 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

NFFC

where did come across this? i haven't seen this yet...

jeremy goodrich

9:03 pm on May 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

come again?

you mean the mouseOver that doesn't show the destination url? Been that way for a while.

Or something else?

NFFC

9:03 pm on May 19, 2003 (gmt 0)

Seems it's not new [webmasterworld.com...]

On adwords and premium ads

>Been that way for a while

Somebody has been slacking :)
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GoogleGuy

4:28 am on May 21, 2003 (gmt 0)

That's been in there since 2000, at least. :) It seemed cleaner to show the visible url that the advertiser submits rather than a really long redirect url. But you can right click and copy the link location for any ad to see the full url.