Tuesday, June 06, 2023

Google web search has become a very commercial annoyance

In short, Google has allowed its web search results to become like commercials in too many cases.

Too many of the first or top featured search results have become business solicitations instead of providing useful information. You often have to scroll and scroll and search within the results to find what you are really looking for.

E.g. when you try to look up certain software development related terms or tutorials the top search results are often advertisement loaded web pages most of the time offering little help with your problem.

I just looked up "fly trap". About half or more of my computer screen was covered with sponsored commercial content (in this case Amazon deals). Or how to make a fly trap from a soda bottle. Home Depot was also listed.

Google has chosen a very tilted balance of composing the web search results favoring too much commercialization!

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