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Google is testing verified checkmarks in search (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] ichbinjasokreativ 29 points 2 months ago (1 children)

this is a good idea to hotfix a stupid problem.

[–] Sakychu 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

And what problem would that be?

[–] chakan2 18 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Getting 4 sponsored links and an AI overview before I get to the search results.

It's basically all the shit Yahoo did to lose their search dominance.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fun Fact: the current head of Google's search is the same guy that was in charge of Yahoo's search right before they folded their own search and just started licensing Bing.

[–] chakan2 8 points 2 months ago

That is hilarious. That explains a lot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

You can disable the AI stuff and other nonsense if you do a "web" search, it's in the list with images, videos etc. Theres also a thing you can add to a search url to do it - &udm=14.

[–] HootinNHollerin 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Could also not use google

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My solution.

Their search results have been shit for about 10 years.

[–] FinalRemix 2 points 2 months ago

So who do you use? Because I haven't found a properly functional search engine in years.

[–] Sakychu 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I can't see how a checkmark is supposed to fixes these Problems. Aren't the sponsored links not already marked as such?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I assume SEO spam/misleading ads?

Stuff that could probably be better done by vetting advertisers and improving the search algorithm.

[–] ichbinjasokreativ 15 points 2 months ago

Malware disguised as legitimate software getting served as ads.

Just a few months ago people were shown faked websites for obs studio when searching for the original. They should vet whose ads they're serving instead of just certifying certain corporations.