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Doesn't it go both ways though? If there's a financial cost for Google to show links to articles, wouldn't it then be in Google's best interest to decrease the
by lhorie 6y ago
Doesn't it go both ways though? If there's a financial cost for Google to show links to articles, wouldn't it then be in Google's best interest to decrease the quantity of shallow articles that all more or less say the same thing with ever clickbaitier titles, in favor of showing fewer authoritative/comprehensive sources?
- jkinudsjknds 6y agoFewer articles shown is probably correct. But more clickbaity sounds more likely to me.
- pb7 6y agoIn before Google gets accused of manipulating search results to favor certain flavors of news publications over others.
- lhorie 6y agoThey already do that, though?
- pb7 6y agoDo they? Care to share any kind of evidence?
- lhorie 6y agoFor example, google something like "Trump" in the US vs Canada and you'll get different news outlets (e.g. wapo vs ctv). Or watch right wing videos in youtube in incognito mode and compare home page recommendations with the ones in your regular account. Historically, they've also changed their search algorithms to prioritize certain types of web properties over others (for example the Google Panda update). Etc.