I think we need to separate the ads from the search. I agree with everyone (I think) that the search should be almost 'generic' - simply the best match for the search request, maybe sorted by the most recent or something like that, but certainly not by who pays the most to google.
I have no problem at all with targeted ads. It would be a total waste to show me an ad for a restaurant in NY City because it is unlikely that I will ever go there. However, I might buy from JR.com in NY City. I have google ads on all my web sites so I can't complain about them. At 06:52 AM 8/26/2011 -0700, Paul McNett wrote: >On 8/26/11 6:17 AM, Kurt Wendt wrote: ... > > I just read an article about it this past weekend within the NY Times. ... > > seen by everyone here grumbling). What they are essentially doing is > > attempting to PERSONALIZE the web experience for you. Based upon what > > you are doing Over Time in doing searches in Google - the two different ... >What they want to do is target advertising directly at the people most >likely to >click through on it. > >What I want is an objective highly-relevant search engine. IOW, what >Google was in 1999. > >Paul And note the "over time" concept. That means google is tracking your activities. I don't want that. I don't want ads that "might" be interesting to me. If I'm after a particular item, service, etc, I should be able to describe it myself. So, sure, Google is funding itself by telling advertisers information about the people doing searches, and offering to do the in-your-face ads. And Google is probably trying to pass that off as "benefiting the consumer". Sorry, no buy-in from me. Oh well. Can you imagine the amount of traffic this crap is throwing on the internet? -Charlie _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/061701cc641c$b6affaf0$7a00a8c0@w2k3s02 ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
