Why do we get a Google search result with ads when we are trying to do an internal search for Categories?

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in WikiTree Tech by Living Troy G2G6 Pilot (158k points)
retagged by Keith Hathaway
Sharon, are you logged in when this happens?

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The category search (from here) is a custom Google search. In other words, we use Google's search engine to search our existing categories.

Although, I just did a search there, and didn't see any ads. Is that the search you're talking about?

by Liander Lavoie G2G6 Pilot (435k points)
selected by Jillaine Smith
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I imagine it helps pay the bills.
by Rosemary Jones G2G6 Pilot (246k points)
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If it's a concern for you and you don't want to see it then install Ghostery. Here's more information about it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostery

by Andreas West G2G6 Mach 6 (66.4k points)

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