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Has anyone else noticed how search quality on YouTube and Google have worsened? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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In the case of YouTube, only after a few results they become completely unrelated to my search.

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[โ€“] 63 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

Both have been prioritising "engagement" over "results" because it allows them to advertise to you more.

In case you didn't realise, if the product is free, you're the product and both have been doing an amazing job out of extracting value from your eyeballs.

Unsurprisingly, they're both owned by the same company.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 1 month ago

    The "results" portion they got rid of is credibility of the results based on cross linking i.e. people linking to useful resources. It was the thing that made Google the best search engine.

    Noe they prioritise what sell the most ads as the top priority.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 1 month ago

    Yes! I've been 'degoogling' for a while. Shifted email, searching, shopping etc elsewhere.

    However, Cory Doctorow ('Enshittification') points out that even if you're the advertiser or business customer, you're the product. They get screwed as well. Companies that are too big to care are extracting value from everyone. The policy decisions that allowed them to get that way were made in living memory by named individuals, and can be reversed.

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