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What you're seeing on Google is the content that's most well adapted to Google's algorithm. There's a lot of stuff that is not as well adapted. For the most par
by marginalia_nu 3y ago
What you're seeing on Google is the content that's most well adapted to Google's algorithm. There's a lot of stuff that is not as well adapted. For the most part it hasn't gone away, it's just not able to compete with the bullshit.
At the same time I don't think Google is exclusively at fault. I think their dominance in shaping web traffic is a far bigger factor.
- jmye 3y agoI would expand on that to say that Google's algorithm no longer has anything to do with showing you the best results. It has been altered or adjusted to show you or get you to click on the most ads. It's the same thing Facebook did with its feed, except that Google isn't, generally, monetizing platform engagement (though YouTube certainly is). So yes, it's some part SEO, but it's also Google biasing things that aren't actually the 'best' results for what you're searching for in order to show more ads.