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Need official websites to come up before ads

by amcdan2000_1 Apr 20, 2015 12:11PM PDT

windows 7, google browser. Whenever I do a search, ads for the item come up before the actual official website. Any way to stop that?

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(NT) Sure. Try duckduckgo.com

by r. proffitt Former Forum moderator Apr 20, 2015 12:30PM PDT

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Not really

by koopsy Apr 21, 2015 5:40PM PDT

The ads at the top of a search result are a part of Google's search algorithm and also a part of how Google keeps itself in business. They helpfully have "Ad" next to them, though, so the methods available to you are either to ignore the first couple of results or to use an alternative search engine.

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