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minus-squareCatZoomies@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·19 days 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-up14·19 days agoIt’s disgusting that Google will happily make money from scammers while completely aware of what’s going on
minus-squarebluewing@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·18 days agoThat’s exactly how you make money in the search engine world - by not knowing what your paying customers do.
minus-squaredQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·18 days 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.
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.
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.