Users confuse search results and ads
MSNBC — “Only 1 in 6 users of Internet search engines can tell the difference between unbiased search results and paid advertisements, a new survey finds.”
Are you surprised by this?
(Thanks for the submission Daniel Szuc).
January 28th, 2005 at 12:46 am
I find it very surprising. I would expect people to be very suspicious of something that is relatively new and unfamiliar rather than having so much trust. I wonder if a similar phenomenon occurred with TV or magazines when they were gaining in popularity as well.