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Google execs admit users are ‘not quite happy’ with search experience after Reddit blackouts (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s to c/technology

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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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[–] meiti 23 points 1 year ago (9 children)

Say the execs of the company who has ruined the internet with seo crap.

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[–] pureness 23 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Super interesting the trick we all thought was a secret, stopped working, and now executives from one of the worlds biggest companies are having trouble as a result lol

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[–] thegenesis 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've started using DDG as defacto since the last 3 months. Use Google search only for sports updates because they've good widgets for those.

[–] hunte 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I gave an effort to DDG for months and I really wanted to like that but it hasn't been that good for me. Image search especially is really subpar, but also in general searches a lot of times I had to resort to using !g after messing around trying to actually find what I wanted.

I don't like Google but I have to admit that their principle product is above the competition right now. I hope it'll change but honestly, with adblock if Google search is the only service I'm using from them and it's working out I'm kinda okay with that.

If they start plastering their results with even more ads tho, I'll definetly jump ship in a heartbeat.

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[–] 5BC2E7 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

People will just have to start adding lemmy instead :)

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago

Let's just say that my use of the Wayback Machine is up by 1000% since the blackout started

[–] rtfm_modular 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read half this article and just thought, “yeah no shit.” I swear Google conditioned everyone to just settle for dumb answers.

It’s amazing how few people understand how SEM works or the fact that Google makes services for freely available in order to build a profile on you and sell targeted ad space. The algorithm is tuned to for clicks. The amount of sponsored results and crappy listicles you need to scroll through is unreal. “Reddit” was the shortcut to opinions outside of sponsored influencers with affiliate links… but I’m sure TikTok and YouTube will fill that void just fine.

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