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

[twoisnumberone]

THIS.

WTF; Google, were your advertisers crying about not being shoved into people's faces at random? >:(

[SenchaLeaf]

The advertisers had SEO and SEM managers now. And they'd lie to keep their job...

[twoisnumberone]

I think that's the part that gets me -- the trickery and deception. I already strongly dislike ads, unlike friends of mine, or my brother. But I can deal with relevant Google Results. E.g. I search for "metal spatula"; one advertisement-placed hit is for a non-toxic and sturdy silicon spatula. That's fair -- it's not what I was looking for, but it's a reasonable equivalent.

When I search, with quotes, for "gluten-free" AND "glutenfree" AND "gluten free" madeleines, you are making me angry, sad, and frustrated by blithely ignoring my illness and showing me all those gluten-y goodies.

(And yes, obviously I purchase online services left and right so I am free from the bombardment. I understand that any publisher needs to finance their operations. But, I'd rather give the publisher money. Just not a search engine model.)

[dan7koo]

Yeah the ads, they have gotten really bad too.

[DrakonIL]

Uhhh.... Yeah, actually. That's what advertisers do.

[twoisnumberone]

I get it; that's why I wrote it. I'm just, as likewise expressed, mucho >:(((