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Re: Google breaks 2005 promise never to show banner ads on s... by canthonytucci on Thursday October 24, 2013 @02:31PM (#6606998)
My guess is so that no one else can get it.

The last thing one of these companies would want is a competitor or some kind of unsavory hanger-on diluting their brand with a different message or viagra ads.

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Re: Google breaks 2005 promise never to show banner ads on s... by judk on Thursday October 24, 2013 @07:18PM (#6608738)
If a competitors ad ever showed above a perfectly relevant organic result, THAT would be pitchfork time. Until then, if advertisers want to throw money at Google at as a show of "legitimacy" for brand development, bully for Google.
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Re: Google breaks 2005 promise never to show banner ads on s... by c0ur7n3y on Thursday October 24, 2013 @03:06PM (#6607210)
Ah, so it's "new top level domains" all over again. Seems to be a pretty good way to vacuum up money.
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