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Re:Spidermonkey has passed V8 on Octane performance by MichaelGG on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @12:38PM (#8521853)
It's not that simple. It's easy enough to claim that showing a Chrome ad benefits users and helps Google's brand. Showing third party ads hurts Google's brand and overall value.
Re:Spidermonkey has passed V8 on Octane performance by valarauca1 on Tuesday October 28, 2014 @12:43PM (#8521881)
Only if the 3rd party project is subpar. largely chrome is a 3rd party project from the eyes of search. I'm pretty sure there isn't a massive overlap between search and chrome developers at google.