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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by pmontra on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @10:02PM (#37071026)
> The more you dominate the results, the more people will start thinking to come straight to you.

This is a possible outcome but there are people that type in google.com and then the name of their preferred news site, their bank, etc, every day.

The site with the name they search dominates that search but they keep searching it.

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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by bombcar on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @11:22PM (#37071545)
I would like to know what dollar amount Google makes on people typing things like “Amazon” into google search and then clicking the first paid result to Amazon.
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