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I've seen these claims for years at this point but I never see concrete examples. It's all just vibes. Part of the problem I think is that people have decided
by jmyeet 2y ago
I've seen these claims for years at this point but I never see concrete examples. It's all just vibes.
Part of the problem I think is that people have decided that if they see any ad, it's a bad search. That's my working theory anyway.
As an example, I just searched "How to fix a leaky faucet" across multiple search engines and on Google (both logged in and fresh and without ad blockers) and on Google I pretty much consistently get:
- Home Depot link
- People also ask...
- List of videos on the subject
- Lowe's link
- This Old House link
- Discussion and forums
Now, I half expected there to be ads for plumbers in my area on this page. That, to me, would be a completely legitimate ad in addition to organic search results.
After years, I've yet to see any of these claims that go anything beyond "vibes".
- jeffbee 2y agoAnd the non-Google engines can't even begin to solve use cases that I find central to my search experience, because the Google results are based on user signals that the other engines are incapable of processing, even when I am logged in. For example "When is the bus coming" does what I want on Google, does nothing of value elsewhere.
- CamperBob2 2y agoI've seen these claims for years at this point but I never see concrete examples. It's all just vibes. Admittedly you're searching for very different things than what I search for. Lately, whenever I need things like electronic app notes and data sheets, Bing has been returning useful results on the front page that don't show up in Google at all. There is no shortage of unattributed, misleading and/or wrong snippets mixed in with the Google results, though.