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Google got completely and utterly raped by world-wide SEO. We'll have to see how ChatGPT ages. Since the dataset is more controlled, I give it a fair chance.

• marginalia_nu 3y ago
  Google's problem is with the conflict of interest inherent in their business model. It prevents them from doing what they need to do in order to decisively tackle the search engine spam problem they're struggling with. It would be very easy to improve Google's search result quality by removing their promoted results, and then penalizing websites with ads and adtech.
  • kristopolous 3y ago
    That's only half of it. It's a question of fidelity. If I am genuinely interested in reading about the latest celebrity gossip or a local crime story, ad tech sites with videos and irritating things flying across the screen is actually what I'm looking for. I strongly believe the smartest interfaces have the right fidelity to empower the user to effectively control the tool. These parameters need to have the right dimensionality, faceting and perimeters to be expressive in this way. I know you've got your own semi famous search engine and I express these ideas with that known