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How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet - WIRED(www.wired.com)

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  • Google may be altering billions of search queries daily to generate results that increase purchases.
  • Testimony in an antitrust case revealed an internal Google slide about changes to its search algorithm, involving “semantic matching” to generate more commercial results.
  • Google covertly changes user queries, substituting them with ones that generate more revenue for the company and display shopping-oriented results.
  • This manipulation benefits Google’s profits but harms search quality and raises advertiser costs.
  • Despite legal challenges, Google’s market dominance allows it to continue these practices, impacting users’ ability to access unbiased information.
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astraeus@programming.dev
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In this context the name makes a lot of sense

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renard_roux@beehaw.org
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You mean because it describes the users, and not the product? 😅

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astraeus@programming.dev
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The users, the business model, the people who think they’ll get away with their evil schemes

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renard_roux@beehaw.org
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Even better 😁

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