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Google is testing verified checkmarks in search(www.theverge.com)

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Sakychu@lemmy.world
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And what problem would that be?

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chakan2@lemmy.world
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Getting 4 sponsored links and an AI overview before I get to the search results.

It’s basically all the shit Yahoo did to lose their search dominance.

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wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Fun Fact: the current head of Google’s search is the same guy that was in charge of Yahoo’s search right before they folded their own search and just started licensing Bing.

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chakan2@lemmy.world
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That is hilarious. That explains a lot.

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Sakychu@lemmy.world
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I can’t see how a checkmark is supposed to fixes these Problems. Aren’t the sponsored links not already marked as such?

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JohnEdwa@sopuli.xyz
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You can disable the AI stuff and other nonsense if you do a “web” search, it’s in the list with images, videos etc. Theres also a thing you can add to a search url to do it - &udm=14.

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HootinNHollerin@lemmy.world
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Could also not use google

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jonne@infosec.pub
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I assume SEO spam/misleading ads?

Stuff that could probably be better done by vetting advertisers and improving the search algorithm.

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ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world
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Malware disguised as legitimate software getting served as ads.

Just a few months ago people were shown faked websites for obs studio when searching for the original. They should vet whose ads they’re serving instead of just certifying certain corporations.

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