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Google, please do something with your ads and SEO-spam

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Re: Google, please do something with your ads and SEO-spam

#3
Can't say I'm ever surprised to see another "WTF Google" post. The search has degraded a lot over the years.

With that said, I've tried to switch on more than one occasion and Bing might be the only alternative that worked for me. DuckDuckGo is always way off the mark, no matter how many chances I've given it over the years. Google still wins, even with the ads and spammy stuff.

Re: Google, please do something with your ads and SEO-spam

#6
There is a simple way to show your frustration.

1. Buy Google stock

2. Google has to show more ads to keep market hype on stock price.

3. They will fill 2 pages instead of current one page with ads. And then 3 and 4...

4. You buy more stock and protect your down side.

5. They will insert 2-3 times more ads per video on youtube.

At some point the average person will loose Google. You win big on stocks until then.

/sarcasm - pls dont do this.

Re: Google, please do something with your ads and SEO-spam

#8
post #3

Can't say I'm ever surprised to see another "WTF Google" post. The search has degraded a lot over the years. With that said, I've tried to switch on more than one occasion and Bing might be the only alternative that worked for me. DuckDuckGo is always way off the mark, no matter how many chances I've given it over the years. Google still wins, even with the ads and spammy stuff.

Some people here a few days ago recommended kagi, a paid service with a limited free option. I have been trying it and so far the results seem great!

Re: Google, please do something with your ads and SEO-spam

#9

Just switch search engines.

To what? I'm unaware of any decent alternatives, unfortunately. I have all my defaults set to DuckDuckGo, but as soon as I search anything remotely uncommon, I end up having to switch to Google (although at least you can block the ad results with Ublock Origin browser extension).

Re: Google, please do something with your ads and SEO-spam

#10
post #3

Can't say I'm ever surprised to see another "WTF Google" post. The search has degraded a lot over the years. With that said, I've tried to switch on more than one occasion and Bing might be the only alternative that worked for me. DuckDuckGo is always way off the mark, no matter how many chances I've given it over the years. Google still wins, even with the ads and spammy stuff.

Brave Search has done it for me
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