When you’re searching on Google, we aim to provide the most useful information, and many times that includes providing locally relevant search results. Historically, as …
2000 is when they started the serp ads. that wasn’t ‘enough’ so they started selling ads on other sites launching adsense in 2003, which fueled their ipo 14 months later.
Google/Alphabet completed its transition into a full-on data/advertising company some years ago…
Since then, its products have become increasingly intrusive/useless/invasive/unserviceable,
Google no longer provides information, rather, they take it and give little to nothing in return.
Fuck Google. 🙄 🤡 🖕 🖕
it’s been an advertising company for decades
2000 is when they started the serp ads. that wasn’t ‘enough’ so they started selling ads on other sites launching adsense in 2003, which fueled their ipo 14 months later.