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Re:AI spam is winning the battle against search engine quality by mort96 on Sunday April 14, 2024 @09:23AM (#40030885)
Let's not let Google off the hook by blaming AI sludge though. Whenever I use Google in a context where I don't have an ad blocker I'm always surprised when every single result above the fold is a paid placement that's clearly not what I'm looking for. And Google has become awfully comfortable just ignoring terms in my queries.

Not that LLM sludge isn't also an issue, of course.

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Re:AI spam is winning the battle against search engine quality by PlutoIsAPlanet on Sunday April 14, 2024 @10:30AM (#40031311)
Same way Google has turned the other way when it comes to fraudulent ads on YouTube.

It's obvious that Elon Musk doesn't want to sell me crypto, how an automated system made by one of the largest technology companies in the world hasn't detected its fraud is alarming, and Google has the resources to also pay for manual review.

They just don't care that their system is being used to ruin people's lives

I saw an ad on YouTube once selling washing up tablets to kids to.... eat.

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