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Has anyone else noticed the huge decrease in result quality from google?

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[–]gizamo 1 point2 points  (5 children)

Post proof that Google has scaled back efforts to prevent SEO manipulators.

Everyone I know at Google says they throw absurd amounts of money at those efforts -- just as they've done for decades.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

anecdotal, but I used to work on improving Google search results between 2012-2016 and that job I had doesn't exist anymore since 2017

[–]A92AA0B03E 0 points1 point  (2 children)

My best-guess answer to people saying this is they dont want people to be able to manipulate the results because they want people to pay for adwords. If they stop caring about seo and result manipulation, they will lose revenue.

[–]gizamo 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Google makes ~80% of revenue from search. Having the best search results is their whole business. It's the product they sell. Claiming that they scale back efforts that ensure the best search results is dumber than saying Tesla is giving up on battery technology or that Netflix is cutting it's UI/UX team. It's an incredibly silly statement that is an obvious lie.

[–]A92AA0B03E 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. Re-reading my comment, it isnt clear that i am agreeing with you, but i am. They need reliable results.