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If Google were generally thought to have shitty top search results from the place that paid them the most, this criticism would make sense.
by waqf 10y ago
If Google were generally thought to have shitty top search results from the place that paid them the most, this criticism would make sense.
- tunap 10y agoHave you used Google search in the last five years? Sure, 'shitty' is relative but the results are heavily weighted for the top payers. People continue using them for search because the alternatives are worse. If looking to buy something online, just skip G and go straight to Amazon as thwy will dominate the top results because.... *Ixquick, Startpage & DDG mitigate tracking but still utilize Goog's weighted results.
- danso 10y agoSo Google is shit, but it's ok when used through DDG?
- tunap 10y agoI could have used a * placed after "Google search" in post body. Did not intend to imply DDG,et al. get better results, was an aside stating they are not. I ended main body of post implying Amazon's results are significantly weighted by advertising revenues paid to Google.