Comments on: Google Search Suggest Gets Sponsored Listings and More

By: Wii

Wii — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:38:15 +0000

Google is doing everything it can to stay on top of the game and things like this just add to the user experience

By: Should Google wait to make more money?

Should Google wait to make more money? — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 06:09:58 +0000

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By: AIDS Drugs

AIDS Drugs — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:56:01 +0000

Thats pretty lame, we don’t need more ads in our user experience and thats distracting. A over monetization if you ask me.

By: Wii Fit

Wii Fit — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:13:16 +0000

Very useful to search.

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Google Search Suggest Adds Ads « Simple, Good, and Tasty — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 21:09:51 +0000

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By: Lee Zukor

Lee Zukor — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:43:38 +0000

Ultimately, Google needs to make sure that all of its content stays meaningful, including ads. Staying true to this philosophy will likely allow them to present more ads without noticeably diluting the pool. Will be interesting to see.

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By: Nicole Price

Nicole Price — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:28:13 +0000

I think that Google has to look out for itself and this strategy is the right one for themselves. Nicole Price's last blog post..Festive Gifts (Part II)

By: drive

drive — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:04:56 +0000

they’re squeezing more & more pennies out of what’s at their disposal…..will continue….

By: CD Rates - ChrisCD

CD Rates - ChrisCD — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:19:13 +0000

I wonder if Advertisers can opt out of the suggest tool placement? As someone else pointed out, I think many of the searchers would be frustrated with where they end up and convesions would be low. After all, it is the Google Suggest tool, and by placing the ad at the top, Google is saying this is probably the best place for you to go.

People might just end up telling Google they think there is a better place for Google to go.

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By: Jaan Kanellis

Jaan Kanellis — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:59:34 +0000

So basically they are saying right off the bat PPC is more relevant than organic. Terrible. What happened to letting the users pick. What happen to the great Google algo that gave us such good results? Why is the average Joe being force feed PPC? Jaan Kanellis's last blog post..2008 Year-End Google Zeitgeist Released, Sarah Palin Rules

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:16:42 +0000

Man, they are really trying to make money in every aspect of their site. I don't really like the idea of the suggested searches having sponsored listings as there is limited space already. Patrick's last blog post..EPA Launches Environmental Fugitive Site

By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 13:52:09 +0000

The march of Google continues. I can completely understand why they are doing. After all they are a business first and foremost, and have to make money. However, depending on how far they go, I can see people becoming annoyed with the constant ads every where. A similar thing happened with my web mail account when it started showing ads. I now use Greasemonkey and a script to block the ads from showing.

By: simonbaptist

simonbaptist — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:37:51 +0000

It can't be long before Google activates it's clause in the Maps T&C to show ads against Maps then. simonbaptist's last blog post..Microsoft Confirm Qi Lu as Kevin Johnson Replacement

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li annunci Adwords anche in Google Search Suggest | 0.2 — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:31:57 +0000

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By: Web Design Beach

Web Design Beach — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:27:18 +0000

I have seen some reviews that those ads sometimes are not targeted so good. I am not sure how will those ads impact results for advertisers.

By: Nichole

Nichole — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:12:48 +0000

That day will come but nowadays it is not everywhere though it is everywhere. Not that bad as it helps in marketing and selling field.

By: Saurav

Saurav — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:02:51 +0000

No matter Google is doing this to fulfill its ultimate motive, dominate the search market (my personal opinion) and pocket as much cash as they can; it after all is a public listed company.

A day will come when paid search advertising will be everywhere (the money involved is a strong motive) and Google foresees it as a money minting machine. I am sure it will come out of trial quicker than Google Chrome took to come out of Beta!

By: Adi

Adi — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:01:37 +0000

You can certainly understand their reasoning for doing it but perhaps they should remember why people used Google rather than Yahoo! in the first place, and that was the simplicity of the interface and the superb, impartial results. If they compromise those by chasing the dollar it may open the door for a competitor. Adi's last blog post..Are you Mahayana or Hinayana?

By: Jayson

Jayson — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:51:08 +0000

It’s not so bad – if times were good and everyone over at Google still enjoyed huge stock prices, I’d say this is a little shady, but, times are tough and I encourage all businesses to try and “stay afloat” however they can.

It is great placement – I would just think it would end up being a disappointment most of the time (for the user and bidder)