Yahoo news searches now lead to ads

[Brett_Tabke]

Yahoo has recently begun spiking news searches with advertisements to purchase the story instead of viewing it online. I'd give you a clear cut example, but it changes from page view to page view.

This search: [search.news.yahoo.com...]

Was linked to this ad with an offer to purchase an article:
[yhlib.northernlight.com...]

In the past, search engine representitives from altavisa have called this practice, bait and switch cloaking.

[Travoli]

It only hurts Yahoo, IMHO.