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SinbadTheSailor

@krishean @chrisisgr8 I totally was shopping for a reference book this morning because I can't find anything with Google anymore.

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Derick Rethans

@SinbadTheSailor @krishean @chrisisgr8 What has gone wrong with Google? It's been absolutely useless lately.

remote procedure chris

@derickr @SinbadTheSailor @krishean Business goals have gone wrong with google. Everything they do now is about whatever increases engagement; search doesn't have to turn up 'real' results because people will use it anyway, maybe they'll click a few pages back and see a few more ads, and maybe the content-churner sites that come up first use google's ads. Search seems to run everything through the same sort of algorithm that has youtube turning up hard right channels, incels, etc, estimating how close your query was to something they'd rather show you (something "popular" that gets a lot of engagement) instead of what you asked for. It's the same north star that guided their layoffs, the meme-tier AI shitfest at that last press conference they had, the grotesque harmony of google news with right-flavored sensationalist clickbait, etc.

The short answer for anything google does now is that if it gets a click, keeps a user on a google product for longer, or gets an extra dollar, that's why

@derickr @SinbadTheSailor @krishean Business goals have gone wrong with google. Everything they do now is about whatever increases engagement; search doesn't have to turn up 'real' results because people will use it anyway, maybe they'll click a few pages back and see a few more ads, and maybe the content-churner sites that come up first use google's ads. Search seems to run everything through the same sort of algorithm that has youtube turning up hard right channels, incels, etc, estimating how...

Alistair K

@derickr @SinbadTheSailor @krishean @chrisisgr8

SEO workers are the worst kind of information pervert I've ever heard of. Politicians' spin-doctors are nothing in comparison.

guildz

@derickr @SinbadTheSailor @krishean @chrisisgr8 I always guess it is: SEO to the point of no return, as well as the need to show ads constantly

Blue Nagoon

@derickr @SinbadTheSailor @krishean @chrisisgr8
The question "what has gone wrong with Google?" is an excellent question. It's the kind of question we must ask in these times. Here we will examine this question and its answers but first it's important to acknowledge what Google is. Google is a web search engine that helps to find answers. But sometimes you can't find the answers and that leads us to ask questions such as the one we that has led you here, to this page. But first...

Atz

@SinbadTheSailor @krishean @chrisisgr8
You need to scroll past the first page of ads these days...

BoneHouseWasps 🔶

@atzanteol @SinbadTheSailor @krishean @chrisisgr8 Amazon's been like that for ages of course and now ebay is going the same way.

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