• Alphane Moon@lemmy.worldOP
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    2 days ago

    I use the “udm=14” method to remove the AI/Spam results at the beginning of search result. While it doesn’t address the overall decline in search quality, I find it is a much better experience.

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      2 days ago

      Google is only useful for local shopping results, and even that is barely true anymore. I can’t recall the last time they returned a relevant result for any other type of search query.

      The first half of the page is AI/ads, and the rest is SEO optimized trash.

      Using udm=14 just means the result page has more room for SEO garbage.

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        The first half of the page is AI/ads, and the rest is SEO optimized trash.

        If any other search engine was worth any time, then those would be full of SEO as well. SEO is a huge buisness and as long as people just click on the first or second links (yes, they do) then it will continue.

        Google and other search engines can try to combat it but as long as the money involved are good, it will not go away.