<story><title> Google breaks 2005 promise never to show banner ads on search results</title><url>http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/24/google-breaks-promise-banner-ads-search-results</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>shortformblog</author><text>This isn&amp;#x27;t a banner ad. This is essentially a branded search. It&amp;#x27;s not like Google is targeting users with Flash-based crud here. To call it a banner ad is kind of silly.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>chollida1</author><text>&amp;gt; This isn&amp;#x27;t a banner ad.&lt;p&gt;This is not a duck, its merely an animal that came from a female duck that happens to live in the water and share a nest with other ducks.&lt;p&gt;A banner ad, by definition, is a paid add that is an image.
Google is showing banner ads for any definition of the word.</text></comment>
<story><title> Google breaks 2005 promise never to show banner ads on search results</title><url>http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/oct/24/google-breaks-promise-banner-ads-search-results</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>shortformblog</author><text>This isn&amp;#x27;t a banner ad. This is essentially a branded search. It&amp;#x27;s not like Google is targeting users with Flash-based crud here. To call it a banner ad is kind of silly.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nodata</author><text>Somebody works in marketing :)</text></comment>