gbasic

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   by gbasic 11y ago

   Do you remember when ads were called out in gray? Now most non-techy people I know seem to click on the first entry (the ad), converting good SEO into a payment to Google.
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   by gbasic 11y ago

   One point I make is that even if Google makes significant money from bad ads, they still may be incentivized to ensure the experience is not substantially diminished (i.e., there's value to their reputation)
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   by gbasic 11y ago

   While I agree with much of the sentiment (esp in today's Silicon Valley), there are a bunch of caveats: - A lot of ideas sound dumb when they first come out - A lot of signals are used to decide which companies to invest in (I don&#x27
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   by gbasic 11y ago

   What do you think are additional things that Google could do? I can imagine how hard this is to police. For example: - Let people mark different links as spam - Hire a larger team to police this