Comment on Google Search referrals to the web have plummeted, AI links are 'less than 1%' of traffic

• winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Companies pay Google to be at the top of the list and get clicks

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  • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Could you please point me as to where I pay Google for my site to be higher in the search results? Unless, of course, you mean the ads.

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• mr_anny@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Companies pay for google to show up high in search results. Some of them pay from clicks.

  Now people stop at the slop which is the first thing thry see in the results.

  This makes traffic to company sites go down which also affects google revenue.

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  • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Companies pay for google to show up high in search results.

    Do you mean the ads? Or, if you mean the search results themselves, where do I pay Google to get my site higher in the results?

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    • mr_anny@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Ask Google.

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