Under Raghavan, Google has become less reliable, less transparent, and is dominated by search engine optimized aggregators, advertising, and outright spam.
The Man Who Killed Google Search
You’ve noticed how Google results are worse than before… turns out their boss was the guy responsible for the demise of Yahoo! Search. … it gets worse. I think Google is going to have to make a major ‘mea culpa’ this time. It’s been tweaking the algos recently… but the spam is still everywhere: SEO spam, and Search Engine Spam, that is. Because the FAG stocks are now the biggest purveyors of spam, AI spam, and scams. They’re infesting the FAG stocks as enshittification similarly takes hold.
Facebook: scams everywhere you turn – from groups, events, pages, ads and profiles. Much of it is automated and volunteer moderation isn’t enough to stop it as a result.
Amazon: scams are in the products, the reviews, and in the ads. That’s not even mentioning how Amazon will play into this with its algos.
Google: It’s a mess. The results are no longer trustworthy, as users now employ hacks to find better results. Listings for hotels aren’t great… Google is now following the money, not the user. And it has killed the small site most effectively.
IOW, the currency of trust is being eroded by these companies in pursuit of their own survival. Their love of $$$ is killing their golden egg. Soon… what will be left but a deteriorating profit and scared investors.