Sponsored Search Ad Removal Pop-Up Sentry features the unique ability to remove sponsored search ads on over 20 major search engines and popular websites. What are Sponsored Search Ads? Sponsored search ads are links and advertisements paid for by advertisers (companies) that are meant to provide relevant information and/or products that match the item or words for which you searched. An example is listed below:   Ads are listed by who pays the most, NOT who has the most relevant content to your search Search ads are often deceptive - they can lead to non-relevant sites or sites that offer sub-standard products and services Large companies buy their way to the top listings. Many users are unaware they are clicking sponsored links and do not find most relevant content - this is a disservice to you, the user Search engines do not verify the validity or accuracy of claims made in the ads. Why would I want to block/remove these ads? The sponsored search ads most often are displayed in the order of who paid the most, NOT which ads or listings provide the most relevant content or product(s) that matches your search. Most search engines do not prevent other companies from using trademarks and names of competitive products in their search listings. What does this mean to you, the user? This means that if you are looking for "Pop-Up Sentry" because a friend told you to search for the product, other companies can use "Pop-Up Sentry" in their sponsored search ads and you could end up purchasing the wrong and often sub-standard product. Users should have the choice to view searches without being flooded with often misleading sponsored search ads. The search engines have to behave responsibly and provide the best service to you, the user, and not simply sell out to the highest bidder. Pop-Up Sentry provides you that choice. Is PopUpSentry.com against advertising and paid search ads? Absolutely not. Advertising is a key method in which to convey information about products and services. Search engines and websites showing these sponsored ads should do their best to protect the consumer. Providing stricter regulations and guidelines for the sponsored search ads may result in a slight initial decrease in revenue, but in the long term would build quality and trust into the ads that are served. Users would click the top ads as they would feel confident that the ads are relevant.   In which search engines does Pop-Up Sentry block the sponsored links? The following is a list of the search engines and popular sites from which users may elect to have Pop-Up Sentry block sponsored links. If you would like to suggest a site, please e-mail us and we will investigate the possibility of including it in future updates. A9.com - Sponsored Search Ads About.com - Sponsored Search Ads Alexa.com - Sponsored Search Ads Alltheweb.com - Sponsored Search Ads Altavista.com - Sponsored Search Ads Amazon.com - Sponsored Search Ads AOL.com - Sponsored Search Ads Ask.com - Sponsored Search Ads Bizrate.com - Sponsored Search Ads Classmates.com - Sponsored Search Ads Download.com - Sponsored Search Ads Cnn.com - Sponsored Search Ads Dogpile.com - Sponsored Search Ads Earthlink.net - Sponsored Search Ads Excite.com - Sponsored Search Ads Foxnews.com - Sponsored Search Ads Friendster.com - Sponsored Search Ads Google.com - Sponsored Search Ads Hotbot.com - Sponsored Search Ads IVillage.com - Sponsored Search Ads Iwon.com - Sponsored Search Ads Ixquick.com - Sponsored Search Ads Looksmart.com - Sponsored Search Ads Lycos.com - Sponsored Search Ads Mamma.com - Sponsored Search Ads Mapquest.com - Sponsored Search Ads Metacrawler.com - Sponsored Search Ads MSN.com - Sponsored Search Ads Mywebsearch.com - Sponsored Search Ads Netscape.com - Sponsored Search Ads Nextag.com - Sponsored Search Ads Overture.com - Sponsored Search Ads Pricegrabber.com - Sponsored Search Ads Reference.com - Sponsored Search Ads Shopping.com - Sponsored Search Ads Singingfish.com - Sponsored Search Ads Teoma.com - Sponsored Search Ads Usatoday.com - Sponsored Search Ads Weather.com - Sponsored Search Ads Webcrawler.com - Sponsored Search Ads WebMD.com - Sponsored Search Ads Webshots.com - Sponsored Search Ads Wisenut.com - Sponsored Search Ads Yahoo.com - Sponsored Search Ads Zillafind.com - Sponsored Search Ads