Enshittification--Study on Google search results

[Tinwhistler]

We've talked about it plenty here. But now a study backs it up

You're Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study Finds

Google swears everything is fine. A new study—and many people's lived experience—says different.

gizmodo.com

 

[PatrThom]

Saw that.
Also saw this:

Chrome updates Incognito warning to admit Google tracks users in “private” mode

Warning added to Chrome Canary as Google settles Incognito class-action suit.

arstechnica.com

--Patrick

 

[figmentPez]

We've talked about it plenty here. But now a study backs it up

You're Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study Finds

Google swears everything is fine. A new study—and many people's lived experience—says different.

gizmodo.com

The frustrating part of that article is that it found that Bing and DuckDuckGo have gotten even worse.

 

[PatrThom]

And that the cause is due more to SEO interference rather than Google itself.

--Patrick

 

[Bubble181]

And that the cause is due more to SEO interference rather than Google itself.

--Patrick

SEO is perfectly logical and terrible.
All major companies have whole divisions to do only that and they still get outdone by scam artists.

 

[GasBandit]

Repost from other discussion

 

[evilmike]

It reminds me of one of the plot points in David Gerrold's Chess with a Dragon