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Again - Google search extra. Is it undesirable?

Okay, third post in 3 hours. But this one is particularly interesting. Follow my customer journey on this one;

Customer plans to buy a Satellite Navigation system from Maplin; and therefore searches for ‘Maplin’ in Google.

Maplin search

Customer searches for Maplin, then fills in the satnav into google search extra.

Maplin site searc

(Click image to see the adsense ads).

The maplin satnav results show google adsense on the side, showing competitive prices. You WILL bleed customers here.

Terrible. I see amazon has already opted out of the search.. how long until everyone doe

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