Google asks if customers need ad-free search outcomes with paid subscription

Can you imagine Google offering a monthly fee for using Google Search? Can you even imagine removing the search ads for a monthly fee? I can’t, and would be shocked if Google ever launched a no-ads subscription model for Google search.

But that’s what Google asks some users through a Google Opinion Reward Survey. Eli Schwartz discovered this survey and posted it on Twitter. The survey asks how interested you would be in paying a reasonable price for a search service with this feature. The function is “Results show no advertising at all”.

Google offers a premium service for YouTube without ads – so i think it’s doable – but i would be shocked if google ever did this with google search. I can only imagine this if government regulation gets Google to a point where it could make sense for its revenue.

Forum discussion at Twitter.