Study Says Google, Yahoo And Bing Are Running 'Deceptive' Ads -- And Regulators Are Doing Nothing To Stop It (GOOG)

Google, Yahoo and Bing were among 22 search sites told by US federal regulators last year that they need to start marking out ads more prominently in search results to protect consumers from unwittingly clicking on paid-for links. The companies have responded by doing -- well, very little. Paid-for search links generally appear to the right-hand-side and at the top of a search results page. They are usually headed with the words "ad" or "sponsored" and can appear in shaded boxes or below a borde...