As you know, Google Chrome went live with their ad blocking feature for sites that do not comply with Coalition For Better Ads standards. So Glenn Gabe asked if Google would be using those signals used to block ads in Chrome as ranking signals or factors for ranking in the future.

The question was asked 9:34 into the hangout and John basically said he doesn’t know. He did explain that Google does have algorithms that are similar already, such as the page layout penalty and interstitials penalty, amongst others. And who knows what Google will do in the future but right now, the Chrome ad blocking stuff is completely separate from search rankings he said.

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