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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by undefined1 on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @04:08PM (#22111586)
The url they're using for the ad is interesting:

www.expedia.com/Expedia/Official_Site

To me (which may well be a minority view) that actually makes it feel less official, because "/Expedia/Official_Site" is the sort of tactic a scammer would use.

I'd worry about it having the unintended consequence of building people's trust in something like "/Official_Site" vs focusing on the domain name. At the very least it's muddying the waters in this respect.

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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by herpderperator on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @11:49PM (#22114733)
And that URL results in a 404! Good riddance.
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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by rijoja on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @05:08PM (#22112194)
Had the exact same thought. Had to double check the domain name twice since it looked so fishy!
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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by lonelappde on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @05:17PM (#22112280)
Scammers use the messaging of legit companies, and vice versa, because by assumption consumers can't tell the difference and companies use the most effective messaging they know.
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