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Google execs admit users are ‘not quite happy’ with search experience after Reddit blackouts (www.cnbc.com)
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Google executives acknowledged this month they need to do a better job surfacing user-generated content after the recent Reddit blackouts.

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[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

that's not even close to the issue, though – Google Search fell because of SEO pushing irrelevant auto-generated garbage towards the top.

[–] overzeetop@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I think it's both - the SEO fight as well as the explosion of ads on Page 1. Throw in a dash of average-user search optimization (vs a flatter term-based search) and you've got Googles downfall in a nutshell.