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The Verge reports on an announcement by Alphabet subsidiary Google that, beginning in January, it will change the way Web sites are ranked in results from its search engine. Sites featuring pop-up windows or interstitial adverts may appear lower in the results than they now do.
According to an Alphabet press release, 90% of Google's revenues during the first quarter of 2016 came from advertising.
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Two is not equal to three, even for large values of two.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @06:09PM
I think it's creepy.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday August 25 2016, @02:14PM
I think it's convenient. A lot better than the alternatives:
Here's a full page, in your face, difficult or impossible to dismiss, deceptive ad, about something you have no interest in. Will never have an interest in. And maybe even find offensive. Here, let me cram it down your throat for you.
To transfer files: right-click on file, pick Copy. Unplug mouse, plug mouse into other computer. Right-click, paste.
(Score: 2) by TheLink on Friday August 26 2016, @07:59AM
Here let me shove some more ads at your face:
https://soylentnews.org/comments.pl?sid=5874&cid=139121#commentwrap [soylentnews.org]
Some of them are ads for stuff I'd never buy but I still watch the ads :).