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Re:How a Chinese Company Built a $250M Search Hijacking Empire by omeid2 on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @03:59AM (#21760755)
Maybe not exactly in those terms, but effectively every Google ad is logically the same and even more lucrative, as google gets paid for potential purchases unlike affiliate links which only pays for actual purchases.

And if you think Google is not aggressive, search "credit card" without ad block. It is insane!

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Re:How a Chinese Company Built a $250M Search Hijacking Empire by jryle70 on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @07:18AM (#21761749)
Credit card is such a commercial term that it's bound to have a lot of bidding. I tried to search for "Campobello", the Canadian island bordering Maine, the other day, and was amazed that there were no ads at all. There still aren't. DDG on the other hands shows me three ads, two on top and one at the bottom. Make that as you will.
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