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Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find (tech.slashdot.org)

submitted 10 months ago by jezebelley@leminal.space to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world 170 points 10 months ago (18 children)

At some point in the last two years I completely stopped using Google search in browser and just use Google maps to find businesses or ddg for searches. Actual Google search just has too many sponsored or promotional links

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 33 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Pretty soon the internet will be almost completely ruined. Within a few years. AI bots will have spammed everything. Searches and web pages will be entirely faked bs. Reddit and Lemmy will have enough ai Bots commenting and pushing agendas/products that no one will have a clue who's a real person. Information that's true will be almost impossible to verify online.

In short, if you think the web has gotten bad now, you ain't seen nothin yet.

[–] ParanoiaComplex@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I agree with the sentiment, but lack of AI has not stopped SEO hacking in the past. Sure it will help them go farther, but there are already tons of garbage websites hacking the top 1-5 results of any search

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.zip 2 points 10 months ago

In the past I remember it made using search engines less rewarding than using web directories, web rings, asking people on forums etc. That was slower, but gave you results (and acquaintances). While using search meant looking through dozens of pages of search results, mainly SEO.

[–] ColeSloth@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 10 months ago

The top results pages, sure. I belive it's going to take over the top 500. Along with flooding places like lemmy and reddit.

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