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Google search boss warns employees of 'new operating reality,' urges them to move faster (www.cnbc.com)

submitted 7 months ago by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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At a recent all-hands meeting, Google search head Prabhakar Raghavan told employees that the world is changing and they have to adjust.

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[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

True their competition is actually getting much better whereas they just throw BS at you nowadays. It's unfortunate but Google is no longer my go-to for searching.

[–] conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works 6 points 7 months ago

The issue is that there are 1000 spam sites heavily optimized specifically to exploit Google's algorithm for every legitimate site. Merely by not being the primary focus of SEO, alternatives have a pretty hefty advantage.