I have to agree with this on the future of the Internet.


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"To start, nothing seems to work anymore. Google’s search engine once provided directory-level assistance to the denizens of the internet. Now it’s chock full of ads, sidebars, SEO-optimized clickbait, and artificial intelligence-powered guesstimations of possible answers to peoples’ questions. Earlier this year, a group of German researchers found that Google ranked product reviews pages high when they had low-quality text, tons of affiliate links to ecommerce sites, and were riddled with SEO tricks that don’t exactly coincide with quality. In other words, Google was letting their platform get co-opted by the lowest of the low."

Kept saying this for over a decade now. Not surprised tho... This simply reflects - the masses of people who joined the internet in all that time (even sooner) - highly naive (at least "internet wise") - and easy to exploit by deeply Machiavellian greedy corporations and scammers alike.
 

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I totally disagree. If you don't like Google, why are you still using it? We do need to choose our sources carefully and maintain a patina of cyicism.
Used wisely, the internet is a fantastic resource.
 

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It does seem everything internet now is "Click" based. So far..."knock-on-wood".....my Ad blocker is working good, even on Google. But I don't use Chrome.
 

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Did you mean click bait? You can't do much on the WWW without click or tapping?
 

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Though the article has points to consider, do some research on the author, Scott Nover, and you will find he has a socialist personna, loathes corporations, and is likely upset by the U.S. election.

@jimbo45 No reflection on you jimbo, I love/respect your posts.
 

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