Comment on Google is testing verified checkmarks in search

ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Sakychu@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And what problem would that be?

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  • chakan2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Getting 4 sponsored links and an AI overview before I get to the search results.

    It’s basically all the shit Yahoo did to lose their search dominance.

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    • wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Fun Fact: the current head of Google’s search is the same guy that was in charge of Yahoo’s search right before they folded their own search and just started licensing Bing.

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      • chakan2@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That is hilarious. That explains a lot.

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    • JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      You can disable the AI stuff if you do a “web” search, it’s in the list with images, videos etc. Theres also a thing you can add to a search url to do it - &udm=14.

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      • HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Could also not use google

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    • Sakychu@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      And the checkmark fixes this how?

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  • jonne@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I assume SEO spam?

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  • ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Malware disguised as legitimate software getting served as ads.

    Just a few months ago people were shown faked websites for obs studio when searching for the original. They should vet whose ads they’re serving instead of just certifying certain corporations.

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