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I feel like I've read dozens of announcements from Google regarding its efforts to improve search quality. That can't be literally true, but the sense of deja v
by jseliger 3y ago
I feel like I've read dozens of announcements from Google regarding its efforts to improve search quality. That can't be literally true, but the sense of deja vu inculcates a certain skepticism.
In a links post I just published (https://jakeseliger.com/2024/03/05/links-a-moon-landing-rapidly-advancing-biology-bureaucrats-culture-and-more/ https://jakeseliger.com/2024/03/05/links-a-moon-landing-rapi...), I wrote:
Still, the Google search monopoly is under more serious threat than it’s been in the company’s history, and that may inspire real change. Amusingly, I used Google search to try and find a video of Sergey Brin saying that he’s un-retired to come back to work on AI, and Google search didn’t easily find it—but it turned up a bunch of spammy YouTube videos.
- renewiltord 3y agoIt's an arms race, so "we are improving search against spam" is a thing they will post when they fall behind sufficiently. This goes all the way back to the "Panda" update ten years or so ago. It's been a thing for ages because they've got a Red Queen problem.