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A Trojan horse?

• ben_jones 7y ago
  Is it a Trojan Horse when the strategy is so blatantly obviously? Google exists to turn this path: User -> Internet -> Website Into User -> Google -> Internet -> Google -> Website So that they can sell more ads.
  • cpeterso 7y ago
    According to a recent study of Google US web searches in 2019 Q1: Received 150+ Billion searches Solved 48.96% of those searches without a click Sent 6.01% of all searches (~12% of search clicks) to websites owned by Alphabet, Google’s parent company Directed a click to non-Alphabet-owned websites (aka, the rest of the web) after 45.03% queries https://sparktoro.com/blog/how-much-of-googles-search-traffic-is-left-for-anyone-but-themselves/ https://sparktoro.com/blog/how-much-of-googles-search-traffi...
  • predakanga 7y ago
    Perhaps a poisoned chalice, then?