How much longer will we trust Google’s search results?

Re:How much longer will we trust Google’s search results? by Retric on Friday January 24, 2020 @09:05PM (#22144158)

Signs like those famous Golden Arches can be useful.

However, when browsing the web in 20+ years I have never seen a useful paid for online add. That’s an inherent product of the medium where the only point of an add is to be less useful than the content I am looking at.

Supose your GPS added advertising. so it’s priority is not the best for you but what’s best for 3rd parties. That’s what online adds are, they take something useful and inherently degrade the experience.

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Re:How much longer will we trust Google’s search results? by kerkeslager on Monday January 27, 2020 @08:37AM (#22159051)

> Signs like those famous Golden Arches can be useful.

I know this is picking on your example rather than your general concept, but this is a great example of how advertising is harmful. McDonald's has done incalculable damage to the health of Americans, and even if you don't go there, seeing the arches sometimes will get your kids yelling in the back seat, "I want to go to McDonald's!" This isn't helpful to us: it's helpful to McDonald's.

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