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I don't think that's entirely fair. Surely the most useful measure of "wrong" is whether the user comes away with the correct answer? Adverts on a webpage migh
by estel 12y ago
I don't think that's entirely fair. Surely the most useful measure of "wrong" is whether the user comes away with the correct answer?
Adverts on a webpage might definitely make it less likely that a user comes away with that answer, but I don't think they'd invalidate a user's successful result any more than gossiping with the librarian would invalidate their help if they successfully find an answer.
- brudgers 12y agoThe advertisements are noise. SEO also produces noise. At some point the signal is lost. Google's business model is built on maximizing the amount of noise a user will tolerate whenever the user in hope that the user stops searching and starts shopping. If you search for a book, Amazon will appear before the Wikipedia page.
- musername 12y agoNobody contested your argument, specific knowledge of niches s still fairly scarce on the net, at least if looking for gratis information. OTOh a well sorted library supplies books that cost a fortune, so google couldn't be replace that, at least not yet.