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Google execs admit users are ‘not quite happy’ with search experience after Reddit blackouts (www.cnbc.com)
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Google executives acknowledged this month they need to do a better job surfacing user-generated content after the recent Reddit blackouts.

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[–] ArcticCircleSystem@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If the algorithm is made open source, it'll likely be even easier for spammers to exploit it to spam SEO crap. ~Nai

[–] QuazarOmega@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I kind of doubt that they would optimize for an underdog in the search engine space, they'd be spending money on something fundamentally unprofitable, also because there's going to be a high overlap between the users of such an engine and those who would use an ad/content blocker