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It's a literal shadow ban and Google writes the new algorithms, talks about it internally and decides what type of sites it wants to down rank and replace with
by ipaddr 1y ago
It's a literal shadow ban and Google writes the new algorithms, talks about it internally and decides what type of sites it wants to down rank and replace with AI Answers.
The algorithm isn't some mystery formula it is literally what Google decides. There is no someone wins someone loses. Google wants to provide the answers and is taking market share from smaller publisher today and larger publishers tomorrow.
- lesuorac 1y agoIt's not a shadow ban if people can read what you wrote. Just like if I stab you it's not a mugging. Words have meaning.
- const_cast 1y agoIt's a soft shadow ban if you don't show up in searches, and that goes for every platform.
- lesuorac 1y agoThey do show up in searches [1]. They're upset because they show up in a search _below_ the "AI Overview" which means people do not click through to their site. The search result still occurs; nobody wants to read it in addition to the AI Overview. Feel how you want about a company making revenue from not intended to be free labor but it's not a shadow ban. [1]: https://www.google.com/search?q=travel+lemming+visit+peru https://www.google.com/search?q=travel+lemming+visit+peru