I would rag on Google here, but if you read this entire mastadon thread, other people have already done a golden ass job of taking Google to task for this propaganda.
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I guessed I’ve missed that so far. Who?
The biggest problem is, who can tell if they're telling the truth, and ensure that it continues to be true? Not the general public, that's for sure. This is why we need regulation with auditors.
Remember when Google said that if the result you wanted wasn't on the first page that they had failed?
The problem is the first page is now 2 sponsored links, a widget suggesting 10 YouTube videos, 5 search results for a related search, and two actual search results for the thing you are looking for.
We almost need a browser widget that appends &page=2 to any google search result.