Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same
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Re: Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same
#2> Google's efforts to address this issue aren't always successful.
> Often popular search terms are crowded with websites that contain very little useful information, but tonnes of ads
Ad-seller Google prefers ad-laden sites?? Who'd have guessed! :)
Re: Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same
#3Honestly, bravo at BBC for whoever green-lighted this story. It puts the finger right on where it hurts for small publishers and illustrates Googles new way of thinking.
I am sad but also frightened for small creators and those who simply share interesting information once in a while. Google is bulldozing these people away from anywhere near the AI answers or the ten blue links below it.
The article didn’t mention it but people who got hit in September with the helpful update have still not recovered. Not a single site. This is the update that HouseFresh was hit with.
It’s insane.
Re: Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same
#4Over the past several months I find Google search has become completely useless to find anything other than online retailers. I thought it may have been just something about my profile, but this article suggests it may have been an update on their end.
Meanwhile, Duckduckgo still provides decent results in my experience.
Re: Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same
#5Live by the sword, die by the sword
Re: Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same
#6Honestly, I use Edge Copilot for almost all my searches now. Google is no longer looking and soon the majority of people will realize that.
Re: Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same
#7Who’s gaining traffic right now? Is it just Reddit and a few others that has caught the traffic from this implosion or is the volumes of searches shrinking due to perhaps AI?
Re: Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same
#8This is good. Because it now will make way more sense to compete with Google on searching the internet, since they screwed it up. They’re are panicking and defending their bottom-line instead of innovating and leading. I think internet search is now ripe for disruption. Still need deep pockets but it’s now increasingly easier to be much better at search than Google.
Re: Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same
#9Over the past several months I find Google search has become completely useless to find anything other than online retailers. I thought it may have been just something about my profile, but this article suggests it may have been an update on their end. Meanwhile, Duckduckgo still provides decent results in my experience.
Yeah, I remember how it felt when I first used Google. You could search something like "xck-956-fg" and some obscure part would show up. Obviously they have amazing technology as some of that "magic" is still there when you can search items by just taking a picture, so this is a choice on their part to have horrible search.
I use Kagi now as I can tune my searches with rankings and the results are quite good. I am sure Google could create the best and most amazing search experience with little effort. I would happily pay $20 a month for that service.
For now, Kagi and LLMs have brought some of the utility back for search and I am optimistic as the technology of AI improves that information retrieval will significantly improve as search providers will be forced to compete and the technology will evolve
Re: Google just updated its algorithm. The Internet will never be the same
#10Didn't Peter Norvig used to be director of search quality? And now Head of research? Maybe they should bring him back to increase that search quality.