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> Clickbait works in terms of getting people to click on your video, but if you don't deliver what the clickbait promised people would leave and it would hurt y
by packetlost 3y ago
> Clickbait works in terms of getting people to click on your video, but if you don't deliver what the clickbait promised people would leave and it would hurt your stats.
This is an interesting take. Google can only "reward" videos that people watch for longer because they own the site. That is, they can tell when people leave. For a good chunk of sites, they still can because of Google's ad market share, but for a really sizeable chunk of sites that isn't the case. For like 80% of users, they also still can because they own Chrome.
I'm not sure I like the idea of allowing Google to reward sites that use their ads or browser monopoly in their search algorithm.
- candiodari 3y agoUnfortunately the worst of the worst clickbait is the ads. Google is never going to do anything about those. Hell, worse videos probably have better click through rates because people will click anything to get out of such a video. Plus, I've never once seen enshittification reward better quality. I highly doubt this will be the first time.
- scarface_74 3y agoEven if I’m not using Chrome, if I search for a term and the first link isn’t helpful, I would quickly go back to the search results and click another link. Google should be able to get a signal from that
- tacheiordache 3y agoYes, they get the signal. Let me remind you, Google want you to see more ads so the sooner you find your information the less time you linger around. If they use that signal, their best interest is to bury your optimal result further down.
- tacocataco 3y agoEnshitification of your product seems like a bad idea.