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Re:We plan to have Chrome hide ads that do not comply with t... by joosters on Friday June 02, 2017 @09:15PM (#14474393)
My parents don't realise that when they click on the top link of a google search result, they are clicking on an ad. I'd guess that many many other people don't realise this either.

That would seem to categorise these adverts as deceptive, right? So, when will Google be blocking these adverts?

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Re:We plan to have Chrome hide ads that do not comply with t... by watertorock on Friday June 02, 2017 @09:17PM (#14474399)
I have seen many people - young and old - do the exact same thing, not knowing they are ads.
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Re:We plan to have Chrome hide ads that do not comply with t... by GhotiFish on Saturday June 03, 2017 @06:20PM (#14478791)
a co-worker did this, it took him to a screen that was designed to imitate the windows blue screen of death.

I assume it was also attempting to deliver some kind of payload as well, because the browser crashed on that page.

There is no way an advertising standard in which google was a part of laying the ground rules could be considered a "Better Ad".

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