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Google has changed it's search to favor corporate interests. It doesn't reflect the real internet anymore. Search for movies, you get a list of newspaper revie
by qubax 8y ago
Google has changed it's search to favor corporate interests. It doesn't reflect the real internet anymore.
Search for movies, you get a list of newspaper reviews instead of the forums or independent reviews. Everything, even recipes, gets links to newspapers. It's so useless now.
What I do is "-news" or add "forum, reddit, etc" in my searches. Or I just simply jump to page 5 of the search result. Or I started to use duckduckgo more.
The same thing with youtube. If an event happens, I used to just search for the event and I'd get the most revelant/most viewed links. Now, it's pages of CNN, MSNBC, WashingtonPost, NYTimes, etc links.
It seems like google just wants to be a glorified newstand. I can't believe how horrible it has gotten. It takes effort to get what you want now.
- tyingq 8y agoI suspect it's a side effect of their anti spam efforts. Just making sure big brands fill the top-n slots kills a lot of spam. At the expense, of course, of most of the good stuff.
- mrobins 8y agoAlso a side effect of AMP and factoring in page speed in rankings. Publishers got bullied into AMP-ifying all their content and now their winning the recipes and movie review game.