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September 17, 2006
In a curious twist, Google appears to be testing a program that provides an incentive to NOT click on their advertisements: If you avoid clicking on ads, fewer of them will show up at the top of your search results pages. Writes one webmaster, "I spoke to my [Google] account rep. They are testing a new feature whereby when a user performs multiple searches and does not click an ad, the ads are all moved to the right side of the page. The rationale is that the user does not want to see the ads anyway and it lessens the chance of a poor prospect clicking on an ad." I'm down with that.
Blogs make a perfect attack weapon for politicians, finds the Washington Post.
Posted by nick at September 17, 2006 09:32 AM