Comment by jlarocco 9 years ago No doubt Uber paid a lot of money for that to be the case... 15 comments jlarocco Reply Buge 9 years ago They're paying money so that I don't see ads? That seems quite nice of them. jlarocco 9 years ago Not sure if you're being facetious or not, but they're paying Google to not show ads for their competitors when a person searches for "uber". Pyxl101 9 years ago As far as I'm aware, that's not something that Google allows you to do. Is it?It seems more likely that:- Other services have decided not to bid on "Uber". It may be more useful to bid on general keywords like "taxi" or "black car", etc.- The price for that keyword is too high to be worth it- The performance of the ads is poor such that Google doesn't show them.- It's also possible that Lyft is bidding on the keyword "Uber", but only in certain geographical areas where they're trying to grow their presence. 12 replies →
Buge 9 years ago They're paying money so that I don't see ads? That seems quite nice of them. jlarocco 9 years ago Not sure if you're being facetious or not, but they're paying Google to not show ads for their competitors when a person searches for "uber". Pyxl101 9 years ago As far as I'm aware, that's not something that Google allows you to do. Is it?It seems more likely that:- Other services have decided not to bid on "Uber". It may be more useful to bid on general keywords like "taxi" or "black car", etc.- The price for that keyword is too high to be worth it- The performance of the ads is poor such that Google doesn't show them.- It's also possible that Lyft is bidding on the keyword "Uber", but only in certain geographical areas where they're trying to grow their presence. 12 replies →
jlarocco 9 years ago Not sure if you're being facetious or not, but they're paying Google to not show ads for their competitors when a person searches for "uber". Pyxl101 9 years ago As far as I'm aware, that's not something that Google allows you to do. Is it?It seems more likely that:- Other services have decided not to bid on "Uber". It may be more useful to bid on general keywords like "taxi" or "black car", etc.- The price for that keyword is too high to be worth it- The performance of the ads is poor such that Google doesn't show them.- It's also possible that Lyft is bidding on the keyword "Uber", but only in certain geographical areas where they're trying to grow their presence. 12 replies →
Pyxl101 9 years ago As far as I'm aware, that's not something that Google allows you to do. Is it?It seems more likely that:- Other services have decided not to bid on "Uber". It may be more useful to bid on general keywords like "taxi" or "black car", etc.- The price for that keyword is too high to be worth it- The performance of the ads is poor such that Google doesn't show them.- It's also possible that Lyft is bidding on the keyword "Uber", but only in certain geographical areas where they're trying to grow their presence. 12 replies →
They're paying money so that I don't see ads? That seems quite nice of them.
Not sure if you're being facetious or not, but they're paying Google to not show ads for their competitors when a person searches for "uber".
As far as I'm aware, that's not something that Google allows you to do. Is it?
It seems more likely that:
- Other services have decided not to bid on "Uber". It may be more useful to bid on general keywords like "taxi" or "black car", etc.
- The price for that keyword is too high to be worth it
- The performance of the ads is poor such that Google doesn't show them.
- It's also possible that Lyft is bidding on the keyword "Uber", but only in certain geographical areas where they're trying to grow their presence.
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