Ionut Alex. Chitu sent above screenshot of a Google Products search showing what Google labels a "Google Promotion". Inside the box, there"s an image along with the sentence "Buy with Google Checkout to keep your credit card number confidential." (Google Checkout is Google"s PayPal-style competitor to handle online transactions, and it"s still free-to-use for sellers as Google expanded their trial round.) Another variant of the ad -- which shows in products results for every keyword, like test 123, as long as there"s a result at all -- reads "Buy in seconds every time you shop w ...
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