The Amazon tax(seths.blog)
1311 points by herbertl | 659 comments
Seth Godin blog post arguing Amazon's search ad revenue functions as a tax on merchants and publishers, distorting search results for shoppers.
#search-ads on Hacker News
3 stories tagged search-ads, newest first.
Apple testing new App Store design that blurs the line between ads and results(9to5mac.com)
581 points by ksec | 479 comments
9to5Mac article reporting Apple is testing an App Store search design that makes sponsored ads look more like regular search results.
Everything that's wrong with Google Search in one image(bitbytebit.substack.com)
1079 points by recroad | 614 comments
A Substack post criticizing Google Search, showing that searching for Midjourney surfaces paid competitor ads above the actual product, which appears fifth.