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Search quality has decreased drastically within the last year... My theory is that they ran some A/B tests and concluded that: bad search results = more clicks
by fyzix 5y ago
Search quality has decreased drastically within the last year... My theory is that they ran some A/B tests and concluded that:
bad search results = more clicks on ads
- adrianmsmith 5y agoI agree, and that's why I think Google (the company) is a in a bad place. If they are under such pressure to increase revenue and the only way they can think of doing it is to damage their main product, then I guess there aren't many sources of revenue left.
- axiosgunnar 5y agoThis would be great news for competition.
- xg15 5y agoI don't get it though. As other comments said, they are swimming in cash, to the point they can afford to be horribly inefficient. Where is that pressure coming from?