For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
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Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
#2Yeah I’ve noticed this too. But also the rest of the front page is often either seo spam (like those Pinterest links which catch whatever search term you’ve used) or shopping sites. I’ve found google search to be increasingly hostile to its customers.
I guess we’re not the customers. Use duckduckgo or something else.
Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
#3Maybe Google should start a portrait mode monitor business; consumers could get even more ad results on their screen.
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#4thats why I don't use google anymore (well one of the many reasons actually)
Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
#5Yeah I’ve noticed this too. But also the rest of the front page is often either seo spam (like those Pinterest links which catch whatever search term you’ve used) or shopping sites. I’ve found google search to be increasingly hostile to its customers. I guess we’re not the customers. Use duckduckgo or something else.
It's fraud, effectively. I've seen a bunch of people that are not tech savvy do Google searches, and they have no idea they're clicking on ads. I pointed this out a few times and they seem to not care anyways.
Google knows this very well and they pretend like they're giving search results, but the majority of users are getting ad search results instead.
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#6Try neeva . com it's really similar to google but with none of the garbage experience from ads and SEO Spam. I switched from duckduckgo to neeva recently and have enjoyed it wayyy more.
Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
#7Try neeva . com it's really similar to google but with none of the garbage experience from ads and SEO Spam. I switched from duckduckgo to neeva recently and have enjoyed it wayyy more.
What do you like about Neeva vs DDG
Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
#8"We sell advertisement, not search results"
https://twitter.com/krebs_adrian/status/1488173888068542466
https://www.google.com/about/honestresults/ (Note: the url of this page is /honestresults/)
Re: For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads
#9Did anyone replicate this? I couldn’t on desktop and mobile.
Seems like flame bait
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#10I wonder if there would be a good way to monetize a search engine such that returning great results gets them paid.
Like a check in if you found what you were looking for, give a penny. Or potentially not what you were looking for, but something that you are happy you found. Thus giving back good info to the search engine and only pay a nominal amount when you get what you want.