Google Has Been Lying About Their Search Results

In this video I discuss the recent google API documentation leak that revealed Google has been lying about how they rank search metrics. The leak proves that Google does sandbox new sites, they do track clicks and time spent on sites, and they still use site authority to rank websites.

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[scottb]

YouTube search is the worst. They display 3 or 4 videos near the top that were similar to what you wanted, and the next 50 results aren’t relevant at all.

[Based_Gigachad_]

Remember: Google removed "Don't be evil" from their list of goals.

[Jeremyak]

Remember when the internet gave you relevant search results? Man, those were the days huh

[WolfmanDude]

The fact that you cant find those small sites anymore is such a pain for me. I learned sooo much from those 90s looking personal hobby sites with just plain text and images. These are always incedible for deep info on electronics, mechanics and physics. You could just google the most niche thing ever and find someones 50+ page personal essay on the subject. Nowadays you just find loud and uninformed trashtalk from reddit :(

[wulfnesthead]

I remember four or five years ago, I got fed up with the fact that Google's search engine operators (quotation marks, "and, " "or, " etc.) no longer did what they were supposed to do.
I went to the Google community and found that someone had already opened a thread about it.
Google's response was to declare that the operators worked as claimed (which was a blatant lie) and close the thread.

[ZaKrakilla]

The saddest part is that Google is the main reason why we can't have a new and better Google. Monopoly is the end for all good things, this is why we used to have laws against it...

[interrupted_reverie]

can we talk about how youtube deletes comments all the time

[fixitman]

"Google Lied" is an unquestionable statement, it's just a matter of how much.

[barcidstudios]

Google owns 80% of small business advertising in America. Nobody drives to a place because they saw a street sign or a yelp review anymore. Google has way too much power.

[benjamingouchie]

Just like they "removed the dislike button"

[journey]

Every time I google a tech related question:

6 reddit/stack overflow threads, where all the replies yell :" Durr just look it up on google"

6 useless ai/indian regurgitation sites that give you an essay on the thing you looked up (with as much padding as possible but no actual answer)

Then if you're lucky, finally the damned site of the developer/project that I was looking up in the first place...

[firzen]

I'm tired of this timeline bros..

[JJFX-]

Not only do they prioritize mainstream sites, they don't do much about clickbait sites constantly generating meaningless content and lists designed only to drive ad revenue and affiliate links. It sure is hard to imagine why they'd prefer to keep these around.

[footwinner]

I’m an elementary teacher and have been trying to teach kids how to research for reports online. When I was a kid, any animal you searched for would have a bunch of small, simple websites where someone else had essentially written an elementary level report. Easy to find and read. Perfect. Now everything we search is the same handful of websites written in the same structure, full of ads, many of them listicles (barf) and now I can tell how many are written by AI. The kids can’t and won’t ever learn without having been exposed to the real thing earlier. So sad to lose such an important resource for my childhood learning.

[aquaintsound]

I'm a library scientist. Considering the way the search results are currently, including the way that Boolean operators don't even work, we've been operating on the assumption that Google still uses page rank. Nice to see the proof and I don't expect shit to change

[WEFslayer]

Google used to feel like a library, lately it feels like a shopping mall with pushy vendors.

[pianoman]

It starts with little actions.
Stop saying you'll "google" something when you mean youll search for it on the internet.
"Let me do a search."
"Ill check the web."
"Internet"

We dont WANT to "google" anything anymore!
*FUCK GOOGLE!*

[Praisethesunson]

My favorite is that Google adds words into your searches in ways the user cannot see or change. Specifically to push your searches to advertisers who paid google.

[TheOutsider]

Rampant AI slop and purposeful enshittification is quickly leading to the death of the internet.

[cyrilio]

Google motto's throughout the years:

“Don’t Be Evil” (2000s – 2018): This iconic slogan, often associated with Google’s early years, conveyed the company’s commitment to ethical behavior and responsible use of technology.
“Do the Right Thing” (2018 – Present).

Clearly they forgot what doing the right thing is.