▲ 370 ▼ You're Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study Finds (gizmodo.com) submitted 2 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 53 comments fedilink hide all child comments You're Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study Finds::Google swears everything is fine. A new study—and many people's lived experience—says different.
[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (4 children) Tbf, do those sketchy sites also show up with Google? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) I’d have to repeat the search to check again, but I don’t remember seeing the same sites when I repeated the search on Google, at least not on the first page in the top few spots the way it was on DDG. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] OpenStars@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) So maybe that's the genius of DDG - you skip right past the predatory SEO-optimized sites straight away to the predatory sketchy ones:-D. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) LOL! Yeah I’m paranoid enough about buying from strange sites that it’s not a problem, and frankly I expect the AI generated SEO optimized spam to be more likely to be riddled with malware. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OpenStars@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago Hrm, maybe Google screens those, so they are more purely a waste of your time rather than something that can be actually reported to a federal agency? :-P Or perhaps it is just a better scam, to keep a site up there for longer = more clickbait dollars, with less risk of angering someone so much that they track the scammers down and send them a "package" of explosive fun!:-D (the easiest profits come when the harmed party does not even realize that they have lost anything) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago (3 children) I’d have to repeat the search to check again, but I don’t remember seeing the same sites when I repeated the search on Google, at least not on the first page in the top few spots the way it was on DDG. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] OpenStars@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) So maybe that's the genius of DDG - you skip right past the predatory SEO-optimized sites straight away to the predatory sketchy ones:-D. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) LOL! Yeah I’m paranoid enough about buying from strange sites that it’s not a problem, and frankly I expect the AI generated SEO optimized spam to be more likely to be riddled with malware. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OpenStars@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago Hrm, maybe Google screens those, so they are more purely a waste of your time rather than something that can be actually reported to a federal agency? :-P Or perhaps it is just a better scam, to keep a site up there for longer = more clickbait dollars, with less risk of angering someone so much that they track the scammers down and send them a "package" of explosive fun!:-D (the easiest profits come when the harmed party does not even realize that they have lost anything) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago (2 children) So maybe that's the genius of DDG - you skip right past the predatory SEO-optimized sites straight away to the predatory sketchy ones:-D. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) LOL! Yeah I’m paranoid enough about buying from strange sites that it’s not a problem, and frankly I expect the AI generated SEO optimized spam to be more likely to be riddled with malware. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OpenStars@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago Hrm, maybe Google screens those, so they are more purely a waste of your time rather than something that can be actually reported to a federal agency? :-P Or perhaps it is just a better scam, to keep a site up there for longer = more clickbait dollars, with less risk of angering someone so much that they track the scammers down and send them a "package" of explosive fun!:-D (the easiest profits come when the harmed party does not even realize that they have lost anything) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) LOL! Yeah I’m paranoid enough about buying from strange sites that it’s not a problem, and frankly I expect the AI generated SEO optimized spam to be more likely to be riddled with malware. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OpenStars@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago Hrm, maybe Google screens those, so they are more purely a waste of your time rather than something that can be actually reported to a federal agency? :-P Or perhaps it is just a better scam, to keep a site up there for longer = more clickbait dollars, with less risk of angering someone so much that they track the scammers down and send them a "package" of explosive fun!:-D (the easiest profits come when the harmed party does not even realize that they have lost anything) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OpenStars@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago Hrm, maybe Google screens those, so they are more purely a waste of your time rather than something that can be actually reported to a federal agency? :-P Or perhaps it is just a better scam, to keep a site up there for longer = more clickbait dollars, with less risk of angering someone so much that they track the scammers down and send them a "package" of explosive fun!:-D (the easiest profits come when the harmed party does not even realize that they have lost anything) permalink fedilink source parent