Comment on Over the past ~20 years, Google became the de facto entry point for learning new skills and information. Google also sucks now. This is a really big problem.

abbadon420@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• njm1314@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Except they just make shit up constantly.

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• blueworld@piefed.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I would say they offer an answer where google may not as well, given the lower attention threshold people.

  This is also a combination of years of SEO attempting to manipulate rankings, and the web becoming more diverse and complicated. Which makes finding answer more complicated, but in general I would agree that Google's algorithm has gotten worse and been drawn more to making money.

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  • kibiz0r@midwest.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And now something much worse than SEO is gearing up to take its place: engadget.com/researchers-find-just-250-malicious-…

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