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> It's not that Google doesn't know technically how to give good results. Can you explain this sentiment? I’m a Googler and I believe the incentives bias very

• palata 2y ago
  First, I did not say that individuals at Google are being malicious. I am saying that Google as an entity is a profit maximization machine. Look at all the antitrust cases against Google. That's not the result of systematically doing what's best for the users. > When the user goes elsewhere (and quality competition exists) Google loses everything… Which is not an incentive for giving better results. Just for locking the users in.
  • theshrike79 2y ago
    > Google as an entity is a profit maximization machine Google is still an ad company that dabbles in services and software mostly to sell more ads. People keep forgetting it for some reason.
• enether 2y ago
  Can you expand more on the incentives? I, and perhaps the other people on the thread, distrust Google actually trying hard to give you the best organic search. The monetary incentives are simply too large to circumvent imo If they really are, then perhaps the problem is that there's so much attention and competition to game the search engine, that it's an impossible-to-beat cat and mouse game. Due to their success, they're basically guaranteed to constantly have "parasites" trying to game the system to their advantage. (cf. the SEO industry and companies like ahrefs)