First off, Google already tries to do show quality and the clearly mark the ads so you can skip them and go to non-ads
Second, even a search engine that doesn't take ads does not know that the content it's scanning aren't ads. So you'll still see the ads, it will just be more hidden. 9 out of 10 product review sites are all effectively paid ads AFAICT.
I don't have a problem with ads, I only have a problem with tracking. Showing an add based on my immediate search or based on the content of the page the ad is one doesn't bother me. (although intrusive ads do bother me)
>Second, even a search engine that doesn't take ads does not know that the content it's scanning aren't ads. So you'll still see the ads, it will just be more hidden. 9 out of 10 product review sites are all effectively paid ads AFAICT.
Promoted products or promoted content needs to be disclosed, at least in the US.
>Third, when I search for a product I want to know what's available. Companies tell you what's available via ads. Maybe it's because I'm old but before the internet we all used to buy and subscribe to magazines. We did it not just for the articles but also for the ads, to see what was available.
I think you are looking for a search engine for ads if you would like to find out what are the newest promoted products and services from companies. Such search engine would actually be useful because of the aforementioned reason.
Would you be fine to pay for a search engine that does that, then? Without a direct payment or ads, that search wouldn’t be possible.
Imagine how many people primarily use Desktop YouTube and have been watching since 2006, but have always had an ad blocker and have never seen a single video ad. There’s probably actual hundreds of millions there that have been ‘lost’ over the decade. It’s basically profiteering with the only difference being that Google doesn’t care because allowing ad-blockers increases their market dominance.
Second, even a search engine that doesn't take ads does not know that the content it's scanning aren't ads. So you'll still see the ads, it will just be more hidden. 9 out of 10 product review sites are all effectively paid ads AFAICT.
Third, when I search for a product I want to know what's available. Companies tell you what's available via ads. Maybe it's because I'm old but before the internet we all used to buy and subscribe to magazines. We did it not just for the articles but also for the ads, to see what was available. BYTE (https://archive.org/details/byte-magazine) , Compute! (https://archive.org/details/compute-magazine), Creative Computing (https://archive.org/details/creativecomputing), Wired (https://archive.org/details/eu_Wired-1995-12_OCR), PC Magazine (https://archive.org/details/pc_magazine). They were all full of ads and we bought them partly for the ads. Same with gaming magazines.
I don't have a problem with ads, I only have a problem with tracking. Showing an add based on my immediate search or based on the content of the page the ad is one doesn't bother me. (although intrusive ads do bother me)