• RubberDuck
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    944 months ago

    I hope they figure this out, cause the search results are depressing.

    • @thehatfox@lemmy.world
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      544 months ago

      Unfortunately it’s never-ending cat and mouse battle. The whole point of SEO is to game the search engines systems, so the spammers will now be adjusting their tactics.

      I don’t think it’s just SEO that’s the problem with Google search either. They seem to put too much weight on e-commerce over information.

    • @Fermion@mander.xyz
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      264 months ago

      There’s something else wrong besides just excessive SEO. The other day I was trying to find a battery controller for a diy battery pack. I searched “rechargeable battery controller.” Every result on the first page was rechargeable battery packs for Xbox controllers. I understand how there could be a strong correlation, but it was every result being for Xbox controllers. So my conclusion is that Google search is doing more than correlating occurrence of search terms now. I think they’re running some sort of ai to guess what you intend to search based on what you typed then showing results based on that. So their system decided I was looking for a battery for an Xbox controller and showed only results for that search rather than a search of what I actually typed.

    • @webghost0101@sopuli.xyz
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      34 months ago

      Honestly, i hope they don’t.

      We don’t need google (or any tech giant) where the internet of humans is going.