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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by JohnFen on Thursday August 10, 2023 @11:10AM (#37077153)
What makes this worse is that there's an increasing trend for how-tos to be only available on video.

As someone who learns best by reading, I'm already at a disadvantage with video to begin with. To make it worse, instructional videos tend to omit a great deal of detail in the interest of time. Then when you add nonsense like you're pointing out, it makes the whole thing a frustrating and pointless activity.

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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by imglorp on Thursday August 10, 2023 @12:19PM (#37078135)
The nonvideo content is still there but shitty search is prioritizing video. Obviously video ads pay better.
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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by deafpolygon on Friday August 11, 2023 @12:30AM (#37085122)
As someone who is Deaf, many of these videos are not accessible. They rely on shitty Google auto captions which aren't accurate at least 25% of the time.
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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by shostack on Friday August 11, 2023 @12:42AM (#37085183)
Notice how Google frequently offers YouTube recommendations at the top of things like mobile results, or those little expandable text drop downs? My guess is it is because clicking that let's them serve a high intent video ad at a higher CPM than a search text ad.
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