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It's probably a good time to bump https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/ https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/ for those who ha

by ezst 1y ago

It's probably a good time to bump https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/ https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/ for those who haven't read it yet.

captain_coffee 1y ago
All the articles on that website are pure gold - I highly reccommend it! Recently launched a paid subscription with multiple extremely dense (1h+ reading time) posts per month.
phendrenad2 1y ago
For a dash of irony, I asked Google Gemini to summarize: The article "The Men Who Killed Google" by Ed Zitron argues that Google's search engine has declined due to a shift from a user-centric approach to a revenue-focused one. The author pinpoints Prabhakar Raghavan, with the support of CEO Sundar Pichai, as the key individuals behind this change. The article details a "code yellow" in February 2019, declared by the ads team, due to underperforming search revenue. This led to a conflict between the ads and finance teams, who wanted to boost revenue at any cost, and the search team, which prioritized user experience. Following this, Google implemented several changes, including a March 2019 update that rolled back quality improvements and a May 2019 ad redesign that made ads look like organic search results. In May 2020, Raghavan replaced Ben Gomes as the head of Google Search. The author notes Raghavan's history at Yahoo, where he was head of search from 2005 to 2012, a period during which Yahoo's search market share significantly dropped. Zitron concludes that Raghavan and other "managerial types" are damaging technology by prioritizing shareholder value and growth over product quality.
- jesterson 1y ago
  > Zitron concludes that Raghavan and other "managerial types" are damaging technology by prioritizing shareholder value and growth over product quality. We can't complain as it is exactly whats asked from management of public companies innit? And that's why most products sucks nowadays

by ezst 1y ago

It's probably a good time to bump https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/ https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/ for those who haven't read it yet.

captain_coffee 1y ago

All the articles on that website are pure gold - I highly reccommend it! Recently launched a paid subscription with multiple extremely dense (1h+ reading time) posts per month.

phendrenad2 1y ago

For a dash of irony, I asked Google Gemini to summarize: The article "The Men Who Killed Google" by Ed Zitron argues that Google's search engine has declined due to a shift from a user-centric approach to a revenue-focused one. The author pinpoints Prabhakar Raghavan, with the support of CEO Sundar Pichai, as the key individuals behind this change. The article details a "code yellow" in February 2019, declared by the ads team, due to underperforming search revenue. This led to a conflict between the ads and finance teams, who wanted to boost revenue at any cost, and the search team, which prioritized user experience. Following this, Google implemented several changes, including a March 2019 update that rolled back quality improvements and a May 2019 ad redesign that made ads look like organic search results. In May 2020, Raghavan replaced Ben Gomes as the head of Google Search. The author notes Raghavan's history at Yahoo, where he was head of search from 2005 to 2012, a period during which Yahoo's search market share significantly dropped. Zitron concludes that Raghavan and other "managerial types" are damaging technology by prioritizing shareholder value and growth over product quality.

jesterson 1y ago
> Zitron concludes that Raghavan and other "managerial types" are damaging technology by prioritizing shareholder value and growth over product quality. We can't complain as it is exactly whats asked from management of public companies innit? And that's why most products sucks nowadays