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How Google perfected the web (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Google imperfected the web. As in made it unsafer, privacy is a joke. The "old" internet was good, but it couldnt get monetized.

Google showed us all that advertisments arent your friend, rather they are harmfull, just because of google there are so many users that use especially for youtube or google adblockers, so that they dont have to see "Milfs in your area" on a "Childrens Platform" ( youtube ).

If you search for something for example "docker postgresql" first results are ads ( malicious spam, virus, trojaner ) then there comes like 50 blog posts about postgresql and sometimes with docker in the title. After scrolling to page 2 there it is after another 2-3 ads there is your wanted page... oh wait no its just a dynamic page that insert {search query} into the title and has some icon detection. After that you go to another search engine DuckDuckGo... first result it is your wanted page. Or even use a open source search engine collector like SearXNG that asks multiple search engines for a result.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

A bit before that too. Those ad problems are there already since the start of google ads. They dont get monitored or reports dont get through.

My idea is just to use a forum ( like lemmy ;D ) Those are mostly human created and you can just ask if you still dont know.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yes, that's why before Reddit went to shit we all added "reddit" to the search terms. I do miss the old web a lot.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Searx has been a game changer!

Searx.space for those not in the know.