this post was submitted on 04 Sep 2023
1034 points (97.9% liked)

Curated Tumblr

3807 readers
440 users here now

For preserving the least toxic and most culturally relevant Tumblr heritage posts.

Image descriptions and plain text captions of written content are expected of all screenshots. Here are some image text extractors (I looked these up quick and will gladly take FOSS recommendations):

-web

-iOS

-android

Please begin copied raw text posts (lacking a screenshot that makes it apparent it is from Tumblr) with:

# This has been reposted here to Lemmy as part of the "Curated Tumblr Project."

I made the icon using multiple creative commons svg resources, the banner is this.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
Apytele@sh.itjust.works
1034
AI reddit search results (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 year ago by cubedsteaks@lemmy.today to c/curatedtumblr@sh.itjust.works
102 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

I hate how accurate this is

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 29 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

There was a good article (maybe video?) posted not too long ago about how Google search results came to suck I wish I could find.

I think it essentially came down to ad revenue and websites tailoring their content to fit Google's algorithm.

Very annoying. Even the old tip of adding the word Reddit to get results from real people is annoying these days because of how they try to push you to login.

Edit: this was the article

https://www.theverge.com/23846048/google-search-memes-images-pagerank-altavista-seo-keywords

[–] FuntyMcCraiger@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reddit is not even safe anymore. I googled some products and tagged Reddit on the end and the first result was someone who had made a bot that just collects referral links into a big list and names it "top ten x of 2023".

Taking a look at the history and it's just thousands of links.

The internet has shit itself to death.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 5 points 1 year ago

At least that is typically more obvious on first glance than an independent site that tricks you at first

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

try to push you to login

And to download the app.

And to consent to their usage of cookies.

And to really download the app.

[–] jackoneill@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Reddit is better in the app

NO IT FUCKING ISN’T

Telling me that every single time doesn’t change reality

[–] ErwinLottemann@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

and get notifications from the website

and download the app

[–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it essentially came down to ad revenue and websites tailoring their content to fit Google’s algorithm.

I use to work for a local pest control company who would legit check google reviews, contact their guy at google ad's and then ask to have the bad reviews removed and the company would pay for that.

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Huh I wonder how expensive and easy that would be

[–] cubedsteaks@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago

I never got to find out. I would just email some manager saying we got a bad review and then she'd "take care of it"

it was all very sketchy.