Google Search is Dying
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@xenon said in Google Search is Dying:
The issue, Aqua, is that from a business standpoint - it works.
Whose business? I've never worked for a tech giant, but I've spent a lot of time working for and with publishers. The direction google search is going does them no favors in any way. It's why a ton of them are throwing so much into social.
They dial down the usefulness and dial up the ad dollars. It only becomes a problem if they lose significant search market share.
That's what I'm saying. The rot's already there. Give it time because that's exactly what's happening out there. Google search volume growth rates started to level out back in 2012.
And maybe the nerds break off and go search somewhere different - it might still be worth it for Google for the next 5 years or so to keep doing what they're doing.
I wonder to what extent they care, or should. But I'd be very surprised if their numbers don't go down between now and 2027.
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@aqua-letifer said in Google Search is Dying:
Whose business? I've never worked for a tech giant, but I've spent a lot of time working for and with publishers. The direction google search is going does them no favors in any way. It's why a ton of them are throwing so much into social.
100% - I saw this briefly with some work on the hotel aggregators. It's a race to the bottom, and you spend only to not get left behind.
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@xenon said in Google Search is Dying:
@aqua-letifer said in Google Search is Dying:
Whose business? I've never worked for a tech giant, but I've spent a lot of time working for and with publishers. The direction google search is going does them no favors in any way. It's why a ton of them are throwing so much into social.
100% - I saw this briefly with some work on the hotel aggregators. It's a race to the bottom, and you spend only to not get left behind.
Well, as I see it, Google search's situation is very much like YouTube's. In its early days, it needed content creators to bring in the ads. Now that they're pretty much the only legitimate game in town, they're shitting on the creators because their business model is to favor the advertisers. This works great for them so long as there's no viable alternative. But bandwidth and server space are both growing. Like Google, YouTube's leaning on their monopoly to screw over content generators, but as soon as they get competition—and they will—they're going to have some problems.
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Do you think it's because of the Googleverse, where people can do most of what they do on their phones through mostly Google products, that makes Google so popular?
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@aqua-letifer said in Google Search is Dying:
But think about that for a second. It's nice to go on Google, search for a thing, and have that thing answered for you in Google without the need to track down the answer through links in the results page.
Good for you, and absolutely terrible for the website that spent the time crafting a good answer. They get literally nothing for their efforts. No traffic, no engagement, nothing.Good points. Also, it presumes the answer is accurate (or least the user thinks so), so it also reduces critical thinking or effort researching and understanding. I get it, I'm one of those users, but I do understand how it's making us lazier (or rather, more reliant on insta-solutions).
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@jolly said in Google Search is Dying:
Do you think it's because of the Googleverse, where people can do most of what they do on their phones through mostly Google products, that makes Google so popular?
I honestly think it's habit at this point. But like Xenon said, more and more people are starting to get online in an environment where Google isn't the only viable option anymore, so their search tyranny will be dwindling.
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Lest we forget....
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Fucking Germans.
That looks like the worst text-adventure ever made.
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@doctor-phibes said in Google Search is Dying:
Fucking Germans.
That looks like the worst text-adventure ever made.
That's because it is, even if you use Firefox or Chrome.
Please love yourself.
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@aqua-letifer said in Google Search is Dying:
@doctor-phibes said in Google Search is Dying:
Fucking Germans.
That looks like the worst text-adventure ever made.
That's because it is, even if you use Firefox or Chrome.
YOU ARE STANDING AT THE END OF A ROAD BEFORE A SMALL BRICK BUILDING.
AROUND YOU IS A FOREST. A SMALL STREAM FLOWS OUT OF THE BUILDING AND
DOWN A GULLY. YOU ARE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY FUCKING IDIOTS.Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@doctor-phibes said in Google Search is Dying:
@aqua-letifer said in Google Search is Dying:
@doctor-phibes said in Google Search is Dying:
Fucking Germans.
That looks like the worst text-adventure ever made.
That's because it is, even if you use Firefox or Chrome.
YOU ARE STANDING AT THE END OF A ROAD BEFORE A SMALL BRICK BUILDING.
AROUND YOU IS A FOREST. A SMALL STREAM FLOWS OUT OF THE BUILDING AND
DOWN A GULLY. YOU ARE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY FUCKING IDIOTS.1 > Post Donald Trump meme
2 > "Circumcision is ritual mutilation masquerading as a cultural tradition!"
3 > omiksE!
