Chrome tests Shopping Ads on New Tab Page

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Google is working on a new feature for Chrome’s New Tab Page that shows advertisements on shopping based on your browsing activity on Google services. Currently, the feature is behind flags in Canary and you can here see a glimpse of what coming to the new tab in Chrome.

Is Google trying to turn New Tab Page one central hub to show shopping advertisements, streaming services, and recipes based on browsing activity who signed into Chrome with his Google Account? The NTP Modules Chromium team working on says so.

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Chrome tests Shopping Ads on New Tab Page [Update: Google Statement]

Google is working on a new feature for Chrome’s New Tab Page that shows advertisements on shopping based on your browsing activity on Google services. Currently, the feature is behind flags in Canary and you can here see a glimpse of what coming to the new tab in Chrome. Is Google trying to turn...

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[oldschool]

Again, not a surprise considering it's Google. It fits perfectly with their octopus-like reach and their business model.

Maybe their reach is more roach-like? you simply can't get rid of them.

 

[Lenny_Fox]

Oh boy

It is so hard to keep an open mind with all those platforms (Netflix, Youtube, etc) showing me more of the same with their interest based content suggestions.

#AgainstMoreOfTheSame #AgainstNarrowContentCasting

 

[oldschool]

Oh boy

It is so hard to keep an open mind with all those platforms (Netflix, Youtube, etc) showing me more of the same with their interest based content suggestions.

#AgainstMoreOfTheSame #AgainstNarrowContentCasting

Touche! They know my interests better than I do!

 

[Ink]

Again, not a surprise considering it's Google. It fits perfectly with their octopus-like reach and their business model.

Maybe their reach is more roach-like? you simply can't get rid of them.

Google denies that its testing ads on the Chrome New Tab Page

We reported yesterday that Google was working on a new module for the New Tab Page which will be filled with shopping ads, after a new flag was discovered by Techdows called “NTP Shopping Task Module” which “Shows the new shopping module on the New Tab Page“. Google has now contacted Techdows to...

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[oldschool]

“We’d like to clarify that this experiment is displaying free product listing, not ads,” the spokesman said

Hmmm .... so product listing is different than ads? Isn't this the definition of an ad?

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