boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoResearchers confirm what we already knew: Google results really are getting worsewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square104fedilinkarrow-up1681arrow-down112cross-posted to: searchengines@lemmy.worlddegoogle@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up1669arrow-down1external-linkResearchers confirm what we already knew: Google results really are getting worsewww.theregister.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square104fedilinkcross-posted to: searchengines@lemmy.worlddegoogle@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareGot_Bent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·10 months agoWhoa. I did a search that would inevitably bring nothing but sponsored bullshit on Google - “best tires” My results were cartalk, consumer reports, cnet, and the consumer insider. Nary a national chain trying to sell me something in sight.
minus-squareslumberlust@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoAren’t all of those sites just more adverts masquerading as information?
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·10 months agoThat’s the biggest problem, can’t even get straight data and ads separately. Now the articles are the ads, and SEO/adspace has made search results even less useful.
minus-squareasteriskeverything@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·10 months agoComments are the ads now too.
minus-squareR0cket_M00se@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoYeah especially with LLM models, now you can automate your shills.
minus-squareisles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months ago(Not important, but the M in LLM is “Model”)
Whoa. I did a search that would inevitably bring nothing but sponsored bullshit on Google - “best tires”
My results were cartalk, consumer reports, cnet, and the consumer insider.
Nary a national chain trying to sell me something in sight.
Aren’t all of those sites just more adverts masquerading as information?
That’s the biggest problem, can’t even get straight data and ads separately. Now the articles are the ads, and SEO/adspace has made search results even less useful.
Comments are the ads now too.
Yeah especially with LLM models, now you can automate your shills.
(Not important, but the M in LLM is “Model”)