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A few years ago this was attempted but as a paid Twitter. I dont think its around anymore.

As far as ads go I personally like the search ones. If I'm searching for BMW car service I want the local shop targeting me not 10 pages of dealers. With that said I wouldn't mind seeing search competition.

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I often run into this problem where I google for X with the intention to get information about it, but I only get pages trying to sell me X. It happens the other way around sometimes as well - i.e. looking for a local store to sell me X, but I only find the Wikipedia article (finding local stores to sell you weird stuff is probs a niche for a new startup - especially people who move to different countries often can't figure out which kind of store would have a certain thing).

I think they should tab their results: Information, News, Shopping

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