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minus-squareCatZoomies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down1·6 months ago Slight update to this comic, to call out the dangers of Google’s Sponsored Results. Examples, for those that are not aware of this risk: https://www.techradar.com/avoid-google-ad-malware https://www.verifythis.com/article/news/verify/scams-verify/google-ads-scammers-redirect-website-url-different-search/536-4ef6c41d-087e-4db9-a281-86bcf7637c68 https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/01/using-google-search-to-find-software-can-be-risky/ https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2023/01/rogue-sites-causing-trouble-in-google-advert-results
minus-square⸻ Ban DHMO 🇦🇺 ⸻@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down1·6 months agoIt’s disgusting that Google will happily make money from scammers while completely aware of what’s going on
minus-squarebluewing@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·5 months agoThat’s exactly how you make money in the search engine world - by not knowing what your paying customers do.
minus-squareSoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoThat’s big business on the Internet! No morals, no conscience, just churning out profit for the do nothing class.
minus-squaredQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 months agoI rarely trust top results from google, since I’m uncertain if I somehow missed the tiny gray text saying that it’s an add.
minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoYeah, that shit is illegal where I live and search engines do it anyways. Unfortunately not enough lawsuits…
Slight update to this comic, to call out the dangers of Google’s Sponsored Results.
Examples, for those that are not aware of this risk:
It’s disgusting that Google will happily make money from scammers while completely aware of what’s going on
That’s exactly how you make money in the search engine world - by not knowing what your paying customers do.
That’s big business on the Internet! No morals, no conscience, just churning out profit for the do nothing class.
I rarely trust top results from google, since I’m uncertain if I somehow missed the tiny gray text saying that it’s an add.
Yeah, that shit is illegal where I live and search engines do it anyways. Unfortunately not enough lawsuits…
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