Google Perspectives Search (blog.google)

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[-] ffmike@beehaw.org 23 points 1 year ago

In addition to making it easier to find authentic perspectives, we're also improving how we rank results in Search overall, with a greater focus on content with unique expertise and experience. Last year, we launched the helpful content system to show more content made for people, and less content made to attract clicks. In the coming months, we’ll roll out an update to this system that more deeply understands content created from a personal or expert point of view, allowing us to rank more of this useful information on Search.

That seems like just a step in the inevitable AI arms race.

[-] Boe6@beehaw.org 23 points 1 year ago

Yeah but if this is what it takes to get a recipe search result that isnt 50 ads and a 5 page essay before the actual content, I ain't going to complain.

[-] ffmike@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

This is why I use DuckDuckGo instead of Google, and Firefox with a few selected extensions that ensure I almost never see an ad. I would be shocked if Google enabled any long-term ad-free experience.

[-] wet_lettuce@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

As crappy as googles results seem to have gotten over the last year, anytime I try to set my browser default search to anything else, I end up irritated and going back to Google for 50% of my searches(maybe even more ). Bing is fairly decent, but if the goal is privacy...

The alternative search engines just always lack the context--ehich presumably google has from me by pilfering my information for the last 2 decades.

[-] Deceptichum@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

They’re talking about the ads on the site, not on Google.

Basically saying if this helps them find sites that focus on content and not extracting profit, they won’t have an issue with it.

[-] ffmike@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Yep, I get it. Effectively block ads and javascript and it doesn't much matter what a site wants to do. I skip the few that have actually effective paywalls (as opposed to just putting a div over content on the page - as far as I'm concerned, if it's downloaded to my computer, I am allowed to read it). Of course, the sites that load up on ads tend to be pretty low-quality content anyhow.

[-] discodoubloon@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Shit ChatGPT is a better recipe writer than 99% of people.

[-] paco@infosec.exchange 2 points 1 year ago

@ffmike A subsequent step will be to charge extra for human authored content. You’ll shout “representative!” At your search engine like you do a phone support line today.