The businesses where Google is biggest and the ones where it isn’t

Re:The businesses where Google is biggest and the ones where... by doar1p on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @12:32PM (#24849425)

Google improves their search results by analyzing user behavior. Users want relevant search results. A search engine cannot provide them without massive amounts of search queries. Locking them in a 90%+ search monopoly.

For competition to even be possible Google must open up it's data.

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Re:The businesses where Google is biggest and the ones where... by reaperducer on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @03:42PM (#24851292)

Users want relevant search results

If Google provided relevant search results, I might give it the benefit of the doubt; but it doesn't.

For my searches, Google's results are such a dumpster fire of spam and cross-promotion that I've gone back to how I used to find information before search engines existed. And when I break down and use a search engine, it's the Duck.

Google doesn't make money from people finding information. It makes money by keeping people on the treadmill of searching for information.

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Re:The businesses where Google is biggest and the ones where... by worik on Wednesday October 21, 2020 @03:14PM (#24851040)

That is one of the fundemental flaws in Google's aproach, and one of the chief reasons I do not use it.

I often hear people say "When you search for XXX the first few results are YYYY" to make a point. What they are telling you about is their bubble.

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Re:The businesses where Google is biggest and the ones where... by srtjstjsj on Thursday October 22, 2020 @05:44PM (#24863628)

It would be interested for user behavior data to be considered non-privatizable and mandated to be licensed non-discriminatorily like music.

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