Comment on Google is testing verified checkmarks in search

• bandwidthcrisis@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I don’t even mean browsing! Just trying to install something.

  I search for “NordVPN” (because all the cool YouTubers use it!) and the first result is “Norton 360” with an install button.

  It’s a “sponsored result” and it’s easy to install the wrong thing if you’re used to it actually finding the thing you just typed in.

  If I put Firefox. I get duckduckgo. Okay, maybe not so bad and pretty obvious. But I’ve had these things for apps that almost look like the legitimate one.

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