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Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Popular Made-for-AdSense site, finance.google.com, persists in showing these lookalike headline style ads in the upper right slot.
Is Google desperate for revenue, or just disorganized? Where's that little principle about not deceiving users? In no way does the advertisement in question resemble a "Top Story." Of course, the ad looks like a top story... so the deception is on purpose.
 Labels: google finance, monetization
Posted by
Andrew Goodman
Friday, February 13, 2009
Recently, I wrote glowingly about Google Finance. Check out this screen shot from today:
Look a bit more closely, and you'll see that the "headline" on the right is fake. It's an ad.
The ad doesn't annoy me by blinking, but it lies to the user's eyes. As if we haven't had enough deception in the financial arena lately.
Punch the monkey, anyone?Labels: google finance, yahoo finance
Posted by
Andrew Goodman
Thursday, January 29, 2009
I used Yahoo Finance for years, until I began spending more time on Google Finance.
My question is: which of these two pages is better?
Google Finance...
or Yahoo Finance?
Both have information. Both monetize with some advertising.
My answer is, it's the page that gives me the information I want right away. And that's Google Finance. It's all about the chart, that draws the eye in. And about the AJAXy charts that are so quickly accessible and speedily adjustable once you drill down (from either the index chart or a stock symbol).
I'm sure there is a lot you can do with Yahoo Finance -- more than ever. It remains a very popular site. But for me, I'm just not that motivated to find out, because it doesn't draw me in quickly when it loads. Beware, Yahoo, the usability gods will get you eventually, even in verticals where you maintain a substantial lead.
I probably shouldn't mention that the ads on Yahoo Finance often blink annoyingly.Labels: google finance, yahoo finance
Posted by
Andrew Goodman
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