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Google Runs First-Ever Home Page 'Ad'


Posted by Mike Elgan, Jan 12, 2006 01:34 PM

Google is running today its first-ever "ad" on its home page. Some users in the United States are reporting that a pitch for CSI and NBA TV shows on Google Video is showing up at the bottom of their Google home page screens. Others don't see it at all.


The company is famous for never putting ads on its home page. It has, however, placed links to Google features. The difference here is that Google Video is a for-pay service. So technically, it's a house ad.

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