Hmmm, well Google is losing my business. I do a lot of research and Google
has been a mainstay. But if I have to scroll past dozens of ads to get to
my results, I'll find another search engine or engines.
At 01:41 PM 5/27/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>Elizabeth:
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>I believe Google sponsor links do not always show up because sponsors only
>pay for certain words that reflect relevant products they sell. For
>instance, if you put in "Federal legislative history" the top link is my
>own practitioner's guide with no sponsor sites in sight, but put in
>"Travel to Boston" and you get selected "news results" on the top and some
>eight sponsor links on the side. The odd thing is that the second hit is
>"Africa Adventure Tours" by Specter Travel of Boston. However, I understand
>that it is not too hard to manipulate Google results and Google has
>recently changed its policy and is now allowing trademark violators to
>become sponsors as well; and yes, Google knows it will be sued.
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>Rick McKinney
>Assistant Law Librarian
>Federal Reserve Board
>Washington, DC 20551
>rick.mckinney@frb.gov
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>Is it just me, or has Google gone over to the Dark Side? When I have
>searched Google recently (since the IPO hit the news), my Google results
>pages start with a full page of sponsored links, in standard typeface. I
>have to go to page 2 for the true search results. Now, the maddening thing
>is that the sponsored links page doesn't always show up, just sometimes.
>Anyone have an explanation or comment?
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>Elisabeth M. McKechnie, J.D., M.L.I.S.
>Associate Librarian
>UC Davis Law Library
>(530) 752-3327
Elisabeth M. McKechnie, J.D., M.L.I.S.
Associate Librarian
UC Davis Law Library
(530) 752-3327
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