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Public Good

Search.com places content tiles in the top row, incentivizing searchers to click through to other websites and apps. (Composite graphic by The Desk)

Search.com makes $35 billion bid to acquire Chrome from Google

Ad.com Interactive Media and its subsidiary Public Good have made an unsolicited $35 billion offer to Google for Chrome, the world's most-used web browser.

Search.com places content tiles in the top row, incentivizing searchers to click through to other websites and apps. (Composite graphic by The Desk)

Ad.com acquires Public Good, lauches Search.com

Ad.com has acquired Public Good as part of its development of a new search engine that will incentivize online users, advertisers and publishers alike.

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