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Has anyone else noticed how search quality on YouTube and Google have worsened? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by nerdhd@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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In the case of YouTube, only after a few results they become completely unrelated to my search.

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[-] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes. I have regularly been using DDG, but would wind up using google sometimes anyway. Now I’m actively forced to use other engines because google is now a monetized results server and will return zero or no relevant results in favor or sponsored or monetized results.

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yet another on the endless list of reasons why capitalism is bad for humanity.

[-] lautan@lemmy.ca -4 points 3 weeks ago

Doesn't mean capitalism is bad. Google has a search monoply, there are plenty of other search engines but how can they compete.

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

If a guy starts a wildfire to get hired as a fireman because he needs to feed his family then capitalism is bad. There are a lot of examples. Maybe you're saying it's not capitalism, but human nature?

[-] lautan@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Starting a wildfire is arson and criminal, the only thing that guy should get is jail. You'll get hired as a fireman because you're entrusted to protect the community and as a thank you, the community will pay you back. Does that make sense?

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

Ah yes...the ideal versus the reality. A fight that has lasted throughout time.

[-] ikilledlaurapalmer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

DDG is worse though—so much of the time all I get are pages that were created by an LLM to be search engine optimized. Hollow language and a table of contents just so they can tell me how long to cook rice

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