Comments on: I challenge anyone to claim This Google SERP design is NOT deceptively pushing ads….

By: Richard Hearne

Richard Hearne — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:39:51 +0000

"so that you "see" them after the click LOL"

It's caught me more than once, especially on a tablet in landscape mode where, wouldn't you know it..., the fold covered the liddle yellow pill.

By: Tadeusz Szewczyk

Tadeusz Szewczyk — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:37:07 +0000

OK, so the new thing is that the background color of the ads is white too like for organic results and the little yellow "ad" thing is shown below the headlines (so that you "see" them after the click LOL).

By: Richard Hearne

Richard Hearne — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 10:09:19 +0000

No pick/blue background anymore +Tim Capper

Just 1 big SERP as you say.

By: Tim Capper

Tim Capper — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:49:17 +0000

And the light pink band usually used to segment the top Ads has virtually disappeared, merging the page into one SERP result.

Its all about the money

By: Martin Harris

Martin Harris — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 09:28:52 +0000

Isn't that their USP? It's intentionally deceptive. Higher CTR = More appeal to advertisers. Imagine if it was in bright red?