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clicking on ad links
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 8:18 am
by Skeithex
Do you know of anyone who often searches for something and ends up clicking on a bad ad link instead of the actual link to a website?
Re: clicking on ad links
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2018 7:34 pm
by froggyboy604
I think there are still many people who click ads on search engines, and websites if the link looks interesting. The links on the ad usually link to real websites. I think there is a higher chance of getting your PC infected with a virus by clicking on a link in an e-mail, and random social network profile.
Re: clicking on ad links
Posted: Wed Feb 21, 2018 6:47 am
by Skeithex
Not necessarily. If you happen to search things on a non google based search engine, a lot of the first link ads are something you don't want to click.
Re: clicking on ad links
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 7:27 am
by froggyboy604
Yahoo now uses Google search results according to
https://searchengineland.com/yahoo-goog ... eal-233963 ,but other search engines may trick users into clicking malware infected websites. But, using random search engines can also be dangerous since all search results maybe fake links to trick people to scam sites.
Re: clicking on ad links
Posted: Thu Feb 22, 2018 8:01 am
by Skeithex
How can yahoo use google search results? I know they come up with different results.
Re: clicking on ad links
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 12:01 am
by froggyboy604
Maybe Yahoo is using Google's older search database results, and Google's search database is updated in real-time.
Re: clicking on ad links
Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2018 8:28 am
by Skeithex
that seems like an extremely cheap way of going about it.