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Google has created ridiculous conditions where there is a massive arms race to be on that first result page on any give subject. The truth is Google results sh
by jocs_ 8y ago
Google has created ridiculous conditions where there is a massive arms race to be on that first result page on any give subject.
The truth is Google results should not exist for anything and everthing. Especially ambiguous subjects. Who does anyone think wins these arms races that are being set up?
It is as retarded as having the supreme court pumping out decisions in real time. Why does that not happen?
The tech exists. The bench can sit on twitter and keep pumping out their mid process thoughts on anything and everything. Imagine if they did that trying to constantly optimize for more like and follower counts rather than optimizing for outcomes that serve justice.
The current architecture to address ambiguity is pure shit. Where people need to be pushed into slow deliberate thinking or where they need to be signaled they have a second
graders understanding on a subject, Google is playing a huge role in signalling the opposite.
It's doing a whole lot of unintended evil by setting up these arms races around ambiguous issues.
- Fjolsvith 8y agoActually, there is a nice method by which anyone can have their "result" on the first page of a searcher. It's called a bidding war, and it out performs any SEO tweaking out there.
- lotu 8y agoAre you literally suggesting that for some of the most important queries that people make Google should just return no results because it is too hard to decide who is on top?
- fivefive55 8y agoI think he was. Honestly the comment doesn't make much sense when you think about it for a second. He seems to think having ready access to information you want to find is a bad thing.
- Fjolsvith 8y agoThis sounds like something the Chinese government would espouse.