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Re:Three areas where Google Search lags behind competitors: ... by cryptoz on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @06:45PM (#31021246)
> 2. ???

oh Haha, funny old meme. Step 2 though is very clearly to show more ads and more content, to show more 'full results pages', etc, rather than just show me the 1 thing I needed and be on my way.

I should include that Google said next to each result ('"555-555-555" is not on this page') and then show the page. Totally knows that the results are unrelated to my query, but shows them anyway. Why?

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Re:Three areas where Google Search lags behind competitors: ... by jsnell on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @07:32PM (#31021618)
So was there even a single ad on that search result page? From your original description it certainly didn't sound so. If not, how did it contribute to you being shown more ads?
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