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Researchers confirm what we already knew: Google results really are getting worse (www.theregister.com)
submitted 11 months ago by boem to c/technology
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[–] slumberlust 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Aren't all of those sites just more adverts masquerading as information?

[–] c0mbatbag3l 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That's the biggest problem, can't even get straight data and ads separately. Now the articles are the ads, and SEO/adspace has made search results even less useful.

[–] asteriskeverything 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Comments are the ads now too.

[–] c0mbatbag3l 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah especially with LLM models, now you can automate your shills.

[–] isles 1 points 11 months ago

(Not important, but the M in LLM is "Model")