Here's the screen shot of the Google sponsored links that are placed OUTSIDE of the "sponsored links" areas! Call me a naive and stupid S.O.B. but I really thought that Google was the kind of company that stuck to the high road on such matters.   IMPORTANT NOTE – the "flights" link goes to EXPEDIA flights rather than an objective, non commercial site.

Again I should say I don't mind the ads, but why have they shouted so loudly and so often that they would NOT compromise organic listings with ads? Well? Huh?

The moral of the story is that Google's in it for the money more than the user experience.

That's OK, just stop telling me that you are NOT.