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Google is testing verified checkmarks in search (www.theverge.com)

submitted 1 month ago by luciole@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/23941424

Blue ticks, but for business web links.

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[–] suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 40 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thus forcing everone to wonder why, if they believe some results are fraudelent, they are showing them to us at all.

[–] Hirom@beehaw.org 7 points 1 month ago

Hovering over a checkmark will display a message that explains “Google’s signals suggest that this business is the business that it says it is,” which is determined by things like

I guess this due diligence cost time and money. And doing this due diligence for every ad customer might affect their bottom line.