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Re:Fewer Than Half of Google Searches Now Result in a Click by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @01:48PM (#20688336)
Do they really though? See my comments on: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20688022

Essentially, if Google's data source isn't getting paid, the data source is not going to remain accurate, and hence, neither will Google.

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Re:Fewer Than Half of Google Searches Now Result in a Click by Nasrudith on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @03:06PM (#20689163)
I don't see the relationship either way between payment and accuracy.

Paying people is no guarantee of accuracy in either direction. Heck paying people for it encourages putting any ole bullshit there to farm it.

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Re:Fewer Than Half of Google Searches Now Result in a Click by ocdtrekkie on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @03:31PM (#20689385)
Websites which have gone out of business cannot provide Google updated data.
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