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Re:For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads by nitrogen on Friday February 04, 2022 @08:40PM (#30216164)
A simple keyword search wouldn't get so confused.
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Re:For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads by gfxgirl on Friday February 04, 2022 @09:31PM (#30216474)
I'm going to point to this from yesterday

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30185229

It's easy to judge but AFAIK if they prioritize order it's possible more searches come up with bad results than good. That doesn't mean they shouldn't try to do better but we, or a least I, really have no idea which is better, on average, order dependent or order independent.

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Re:For some searches the whole screen on Google is now ads by rhizome on Friday February 04, 2022 @09:24PM (#30216427)
Or if they assumed the order was meaningful, which they apparently don't.

They only hire the best of the best!

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