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Google ad exec: “it is a worse user experience to not have ads on the page” (twitter.com)

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[–] kromem@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

That's not exactly something to brag about.

"Our search results have become so poorly correlated to search intent due to our inability to filter blogspam that we find that often paid placements are the only way to connect shoppers with the things they are actually looking for."

This is what that phrase was really translating into.