On: Google scrapes Yahoo directory, wraps own ads around

[joshu]

I think this is an ancient page rewriter for crusty mobile browsers. Probably less insidious than the author thinks.

[wickedchicken → joshu]

For example:

http://www.google.com/gwt/x?q=hacker+news&ei=d6xmT8nQB4S...

Note that I had to specifically choose "mobile view" to get this.