Google Is Testing Self-Promotion Ads On Search Results

An anonymous reader writes: Google Inc. is testing a new feature to allow local businesses, celebrities, and organizations to post self-promoting information and ads on the company's search results. The information would be displayed on a design similar to Google's "mobile cards." This new type of self-promoting campaigns impulsed by Google appears to be an extension of "Google Podium," a beta that started last month with the collaboration of the U.S. presidential candidates. "This is an experimental search feature we are testing, but it is not tied to Google+. We are currently experimenting with presidential candidates and just started with some SMBs for a select pilot period," said a Google representative, as quoted by Modern Readers on Sunday.

will ad-blocking work?

[turkeydance]

just curious

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[account_deleted]

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I don't think that means what you think it means

[drew_kime]

This new type of self-promoting campaigns impulsed by Google appears to be an extension of "Google Podium."

I don't think "impulsed" is a word. And this isn't just grammar pedantry, I really don't know what they think it means in this context. Supported? Designed? Driven? Endorsed? Created?

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[wonkey_monkey]

Wiktionary says it's an obsolete word meaning to impel or to incite, neither of which achieve cromulence in this case.

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[danhuby]

We must be looking at a different Wiktionary.

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[wonkey_monkey]

Yes, we must.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki... [wiktionary.org]

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[KGIII]

OED lists it as a word. I have no idea if either of these will work:
http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/... [oed.com]
http://www.oed.com/search?sear... [oed.com]

Err... You need a "library card" for that. Maybe. They're easy to "hack."

Impuled:
Etymology: < impulse n. or < Latin impuls- , participial stem of impellre to impel v.; compare obsolete French impulser.

trans. To give an impulse to; to impel; to instigate. Also intr.

Citation:
"impulse, v.". OED Online. December 2015. Oxford University Press. http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/... [oed.com] (accessed March 07, 2016).

Note the citation says 'impulse' but look at the URL. It hasn't been updated since 1869. According to their little image, it's not a frequently used word. I did have to

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[Nunya666]

What's "wiktionary"?

Is that some dictionary that anybody can edit? Who would use a "dictionary" that any uneducated schmuck could edit? Perhaps the same people who think "10 times less" is grammatically correct.

Dictionary.com (I mean dictionary.reference.com) does not list "impulsed" because it is not a word. It just asks "Did you mean impulse?"

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[Nunya666]

You sound like one of those people who believe anything they read on the Internet.

My background in education instilled a mistrust in wikis. Since they can be edited by anyone, they cannot be used as references in collegiate papers. I would much rather use a reliable source than one where anybody can just make up shit.

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[drew_kime]

http://www.cnet.com/news/study... [cnet.com]

If you don't want to click through, the key point is in the URL.

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[wonkey_monkey]

Dictionary.com (I mean dictionary.reference.com) does not list "impulsed" because it is not a word.

Have you looked up "circular definition"?

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[KGIII]

Try OED. It's still a word. Expand the refreshed thread if you can't see my prior response. It's just not in common usage. Which is one of the reasons to use things like Wiktionary. I guess you could argue with OED, if you want? My prior response includes a citation or, better, it gives a couple of hints as to how to access the site.

Hmm...

hertsb0000xxxxx

Change the "x" to a five digit number. If the first couple don't work, try again - bad luck and you've (maybe) picked on that's already in use and they've c

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[danhuby]

Wiktionary says it's the simple past tense and past participle of impulse. Impulse means a sudden urge requiring action.

Rephrasing then... "This new type of self-promoting campaigns that Google felt the urge to action..."

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[wonkey_monkey]

Who says?

That oughta hold the little SMBs

[wonkey_monkey]

We are currently experimenting with presidential candidates and just started with some SMBs for a select pilot period

What's an SMB?

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[danhuby]

Small and mid-sized business

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[Zocalo]

Small- and Medium-sized Business, an alternate version of SME - Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise.

Re:That oughta hold the little SMBs

[xxxJonBoyxxx]

Super Mario Brother. Before political correctness they would have said, "trying it on a few Goombas" but today people will say "SMBs" instead.

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[wonkey_monkey]

^ Best answer.

I didn't see any

[U2xhc2hkb3QgU3Vja3M]

We are currently experimenting with presidential candidates and just started with some SMBs for a select pilot period...

I haven't seen any Super Mario Brothers ad.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot

[Anonymous Coward]

They found ads on Google's search results page? How is this new? Is the author not an English native speaker, or is this one of the newer machine generated content articles. What the actual fuck is this gibberish babbling about?

Also, what is the difference between "self-promoting information" and an advertisement? I thought they were the same thing.

new?

[Mirar]

Hasn't google been doing this for years, adwords and shopping and stuff? What's new?

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[KGIII]

> What's new?

These appear to be ads. Ads for politicians. "Promotions." What makes this different is, as near as I can tell, it's never been easier than this to buy a politician.

I've been testing DuckDuckGo

[Threni]

It's been going pretty well so far. Sometimes I use google search by mistake and see search history from ages ago. I don't use email much, and I use firefox instead of chrome, so despite using android on 3 devices I don't think google is getting very much out of me.