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Google Search as you know it is over (archive.ph)
submitted 4 months ago by to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net
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[–] 28 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Yep. Starting in 2019 the Ads department internally defeated the Search department and successfully degraded the quality of the algorithm in order to keep people searching.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I just posted about this above before I read your comment. Here is the article that describes what happened:

    https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    This is great! Thank you! I had heard of this exact story from third-hand sources and this is much more detailed. Ed Zitron is great and I have to deal with Google search for work a lot, and I'll probably share this article with people I know who do similar jobs

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