The ads you see injected in your search result as “sponsored” are not the only way Googles Ad interests affect your search results. They are actively manipulating your search queries to make them point more towards their paying customers wanted result without you noticing.
Comment on Researchers confirm what we already knew: Google results really are getting worse
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 10 months agoI understand the post OP but I’m replying to a comment. Specifically this part…
It just became an ad-ridden hellhole.
MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 10 months ago
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yeah. That’s why i use an ad blocker
MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 9 months ago
that’s not something your adblocker can suppress
Kbobabob@lemmy.world 9 months ago
It absolutely is.
Baku@aussie.zone 10 months ago
I take it what OP meant is that a lot of the top results are ads - even if they aren’t shown as such. Like how half the crap uploaded by large youtubers these days is pretty much an ad for a specific product, although there’s no way to tell until you click onto it (unless you use sponsorblock)