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        Getting 4 sponsored links and an AI overview before I get to the search results.

        It’s basically all the shit Yahoo did to lose their search dominance.

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          Fun Fact: the current head of Google’s search is the same guy that was in charge of Yahoo’s search right before they folded their own search and just started licensing Bing.

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          You can disable the AI stuff and other nonsense if you do a “web” search, it’s in the list with images, videos etc. Theres also a thing you can add to a search url to do it - &udm=14.

      • ichbinjasokreativ@lemmy.world
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        Malware disguised as legitimate software getting served as ads.

        Just a few months ago people were shown faked websites for obs studio when searching for the original. They should vet whose ads they’re serving instead of just certifying certain corporations.

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        I assume SEO spam/misleading ads?

        Stuff that could probably be better done by vetting advertisers and improving the search algorithm.