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07-07-2008, 10:56 AM
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 Semi-hidden Google ads on Ask.com Check this out flying lessons ireland - Ask.com UK Web Search On my monitor I am finding it very hard to tell the adsense placement apart from the SERPs in Ask. Kind of cheeky. 10 search results and two massive adsense blocks in the header and footer. Tut tut.  |
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07-07-2008, 11:02 AM
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| it looks alright to me. different background, "sponsored results" mentioned top-right corner.
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07-07-2008, 11:22 AM
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| depending on the contrast on your screen ... I could barely see them ... I was actually looking for the ads and couldn't see them apart from hovering over the links ...
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07-07-2008, 11:37 AM
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| I had to stare at the results to tell the ads from the results. Here is what I see in FF3 on Leopard. |
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07-07-2008, 01:13 PM
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| It depends on your screen they are a lot easier to see on windows than mac is the main problem
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| have to agree that it's not very distinguishable, why don't they just fill it all up with paid ads.  |
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08-07-2008, 07:58 AM
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| The ads have a background colour of #F7FBFF versus the page's #FFFFFF which is (subjectively) exactly the same colour on my monitor :/ I had to use the colour-dropper tool to pick up any difference. I wouldn't use their search engine, but God they have some major balls doing that... wonder what their CTR is. 
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10-07-2008, 07:36 AM
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| I assume its a banning offence ?
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10-07-2008, 10:17 AM
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| Its borderline sneaky! Definately borderline legal. I couldn't tell which ones were sponsored vs organic. Using Firefox and Firebug I hightlighted the area. On a side note, you looking at doing Flying lessons Cormac? I'd love to do some, and my girlfriend recently bought me tickets to do an intro day for my B'day. On another side note - I was using Ask Image search last night and it seemed to work quite well. Better than Google for the query I put in anyway.
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