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Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story by compiler-guy on Saturday October 07, 2023 @09:02PM (#37806926)
What it actually shows is that ads can ask for whatever they want and the teams they ask can (and do) say “No”.

Ads didn’t get its way here. It doesn’t drive every decision. Especially not with search, but also not with chrome.

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Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story by ImPostingOnHN on Sunday October 08, 2023 @03:48AM (#37808629)
that is the exact opposite of what it shows to me

reading through the email chain, it seems ads did indeed get its way, and the product was indeed made worse to drive revenue numbers – chrome team was unable to say "no" when pressured by ad team

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Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story by compiler-guy on Sunday October 08, 2023 @01:27PM (#37812526)
Did ads get the rollback that they wanted??
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Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story by jollofricepeas on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @10:05AM (#37832263)
Exactly. Who’s going to say no to revenue?
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