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A year long study shows what you've suspected: Google Search is getting worse. (mashable.com)
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A year long study shows what you've suspected: Google Search is getting worse.::undefined

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[โ€“] just_change_it@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

SEO, the methodology of ruining Google's algorithm and enshittifying everything for marketing gains.

[โ€“] fidodo@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Google's algorithm has gotten worse, and it honestly wasn't great to begin with (gave too much weight to the biggest sites not the best). Now they over generalize your query and flat out ignore half your keywords because it costs more money to serve a non cached result.