Google is basically saying that it didn&#x27;t make enough money.  This seems dubious, as the effort should have been pretty low...this isn&#x27;t rocket science, and the conversion&#x2F;sales as compared to straight ads would have been higher.   The screen real estate these widgets occupy will be replaced with lower performing ads.<p>There has to be some other motivation.<p>Edit: See <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;8c9Xi" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;a&#x2F;8c9Xi</a>   These have to have a higher CTR and revenue stream than an ad. (edit 2: removed note about other ads being suppressed...happened for a while, then stopped)