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Old 01-24-2005, 07:50 PM  
warlock5
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1 in 6 SE users can tell the difference between search results and paid advertisement

Actually it goes.. "Only 1 in 6 users of Internet search engines can tell the difference between unbiased search results and paid advertisements"

Ubiased, eh? It looks like the people that conducted this survery have a thing or two to learn about search engines themselves.

and it goes on..

"Deborah Fallows, a senior research fellow at Pew and the study's author, said the findings were surprising given that the same people are likely to know the difference between television programs and infomercials."

In other news people don't understand the meaning of "sponsered links"

Here's the full article for those interested:
http://kevxml2a.infospace.com/i...
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