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Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good(arstechnica.com)

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jarfil@beehaw.org
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Rather market penetration among the gullible, which leads to more ad impressions, which lead to ad income, which leads to market cap.

I bet they have an alternative plan in the back burner to slash that AI the moment they see it reduce ad income in their A/B testing… but right now the AI buzzword is strong in the air, it’s 2024’s main attractor for the most ad-targetable customers.

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InternetUser2012@midwest.social
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They’re using it now to train it. Once it gets real good and people like and rely on it, it’ll get paywalled.

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cooljacob204@kbin.social
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It won’t get paywalled. Instead they will let it get useful then start injecting ads into it once people trust it.

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