These sorts of ads began showing up over the summer when Google users added terms like “torrent” or “DVDrip” to their searches.Have you been wanting to catch up on Game of Thrones but don’t have HBO (or a friend who will share her HBO Go login info)? People who search for things like “Game of Thrones Download” on Google are now being greeted by ads from services offering legal ways to pay for the content you’re after. These sorts of ads began popping up on Google over the summer, but the company refused to acknowledge at the time that they were an anti-piracy effort, only saying the ads showed up for “various searches.” Google finally confirmed the anti-piracy motive late last week in its latest “How Google Fights Piracy” report. So now the Google search engine has two variations on how it serves up legitimate sources (who also happened to have paid Google for ad placement) for obtaining content legally. The first is the Game of Thrones example seen above.
Google Fights Piracy (and Makes A Buck) With Ads For Legal Downloads In Search Results
Chris Morran, The Consumerist
Mon, 10/20/2014 - 1:19pm
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