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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by foobarian on Sunday December 15, 2019 @10:42AM (#21796734)
I don't object that much to a search engine spamming results with ads if they really wish to. What I do object to is them using search to gain market knowledge to discover high margin opportunities and build them into the search engine, promoting them ahead of the 3rd parties.
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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by lallysingh on Sunday December 15, 2019 @11:45AM (#21797093)
.. but they haven't. Gmail and docs any fed from search, Android isn't related, and their other stuff hasn't really taken off.

Edited for qualification.

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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by frei on Sunday December 15, 2019 @12:03PM (#21797240)
GP is talking about the Google onebox features, like maps, local reviews, weather, sports updates, movie tickets, etc. which show up on the SRP before competitors like MapQuest/ESPN/AccuWeather/Fandango
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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by isolli on Sunday December 15, 2019 @12:00PM (#21797224)
But they have. They were fined $2.7bn for abusing their position to drive people to their own shopping service.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/06/27/534524024...

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Re:Google is not a search engine, but an ad engine by wolco on Sunday December 15, 2019 @12:59PM (#21797691)
Breaking them up would see them selling this data to themselves.
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