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Microsoft Tests 9 Ads & Only One Free Search Results On Same Page. (www.seroundtable.com)
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Microsoft was caught testing way too many ads on its Bing Search results page. I saw 9 ads and only two organic/free listings on the page for a query on [garage door repair].

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[-] singletona@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago

Ew.

[-] Tea@programming.dev 39 points 1 day ago

Next up they might test making the whole first page for ads, and the pages after that for search results.

[-] wwb4itcgas@lemm.ee 35 points 1 day ago

Hell, why even have organic search results at all? Just rank results by how much each site owner is willing to ~~bribe~~ pay. A protection racket for the 21st century.

"That's a nice website you've got there. It'd be a shame if it got no visitors."

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Good idea, you now quality to mod r/anarchocapitapism

[-] wwb4itcgas@lemm.ee 4 points 23 hours ago

While I don't mind laissez-faire in principle, that not my favorite anarcho-flavor and I don't wanna :)

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 points 21 hours ago

I am empathetic to wanting to be left alone. I am disturbed by their desire to tear down systems that protect others out of some a historic notion that we would be better off with out them

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 59 minutes ago)

Yup. I consider myself pretty laissez faire, but I too have my limits, which are way before I get within shouting distance of ancaps. I believe in Piguovian taxes and lean a bit Georgist for a tax baseline, which is already pretty far from ancapistan.

[-] acosmichippo@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

well you'd think at some point people would stop using their bullshit search engine.

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 59 minutes ago

DDG works pretty well and is based on Bing.

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