Google’s top search result is Google
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Re: Google’s top search result is Google
#2Falls within the purview of their job of being an information-search tool I’d say.
There are times when I want a specific piece of information as quickly as possible and with as few clicks as possible, and other times I’m doing more exploratory searches, it seems google lets me do both pretty well.
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#3This reminds me of the recent news about Amazon, spying on partners products and then offering them. This is the end game for all platforms that control demand, slowly take more and more vertical integration to capture segments of larger value. This includes 'pure information' that they steal from publishers (and thus remove visits from the publisher) and normal verticals, like travel/shopping/tools/etc.
I'm not sure that these marketplaces / demand owners should be able to as they wield unfair power vs other vertical specific offerings.
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#4Falls within the purview of their job of being an information-search tool I’d say. There are times when I want a specific piece of information as quickly as possible and with as few clicks as possible, and other times I’m doing more exploratory searches, it seems google lets me do both pretty well.
Google doesn't bother showing the user results for his/her actual search terms anymore, and stuffs most of the page with AMP links and paid results... but it's not them, it's you.
But if Google AI were really as bad at replacing simple grep they wouldn't be popular, etc etc.
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#5I know there's the sentiment of fear/hate/etc about Google taking over but...
1) Doesn't it make sense for them to do that? After offering the search engine for free for ages (not that paid search engines are a thing) and playing an important role in building the internet? For most, all the internet they know is thanks to Google
2) Wouldn't you do the same? Keep in mind they're a public company and we know how incentives are aligned when you're a public company
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#6Search is essential infrastructure for the internet and should not be monopolized.
It should be free, uncluttered, distributed and transparent.
The problem is not Google, its the lack of good alternatives, only DDG really.
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#7Not really though. My top search result on most topics is usually Wikipedia. Maybe if you're searching for Google you find Google.
Re: Google’s top search result is Google
#8I know there's the sentiment of fear/hate/etc about Google taking over but... 1) Doesn't it make sense for them to do that? After offering the search engine for free for ages (not that paid search engines are a thing) and playing an important role in building the internet? For most, all the internet they know is thanks to Google 2) Wouldn't you do the same? Keep in mind they're a public company and we know how incent…
> not that paid search engines are a thing
They are in enterprise, but I digress
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#9Maybe, Google should be forced to create a separate tab for the knowledge graph and other tools. like they are doing it for images, the news, or videos. when I want to search the web, I want to search the web.
Because I see the issues with this. I also think those information have a value for users.
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#10Tricky. It does feel anti-competitive but at the same time their info is usually also the best. So a strong argument can be made that it’s 1 based on merit