Google Testing Banner Ads On Select Search Results 185
cagraham writes "Google promised in 2005 to never "ever" put banner ads on their search results, but that appears to be changing. The company confirmed to SearchEngineLand that it is running a "small experiment" involving large-scale banners on searches for Southwest Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, and Crate&Barrel, among others. The ads are being shown in less than 5% of searches, and only in the US, for now. Interestingly enough, the Google exec who wrote the no banner ads promise was Marissa Mayer, now CEO of Yahoo."
Do No Evil (Score:2, Funny)
It's not evil to have a banner ad. Right, shareholders?
In other words: (Score:5, Funny)
Google will be placing large, targeted ads across your search results.
Thank you for your personal information.
Do Know Evil,
Google