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Google is losing it (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 32 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

Wouldn't they be? They could measure how likely it is that someone clicks on the generated link/text

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  • [+] -17 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Just because you click on it that doesn’t make it accurate. More importantly, that text isn’t “clickable”, so they can’t be measuring raw engagement either.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Just because you click on it that doesn’t make it accurate.

    Given the choice between clicks/engagement and accuracy, is pretty clear Google's for the former is what got us into this hell hole.

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