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The man who killed Google Search?

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axus ◴[] No.40136198[source]
Is Google desktop search dead? It's certainly been "shittier" but it's been adequate. Unlike Bing and Yahoo, there isn't clickbait fake news all over the screen. In a market where competitors are a bookmark away, it should be dead, but the big names seem to all collude on having a bad experience that makes more short-term money.

How is success being measured internally for "the man who killed Google Search"? Are profits for that piece moving on the right trajectory now in 2024?

Is Google really that hierarchical, that the decisions made by one person lead to all the problems? Maybe I'd believe it, but the article did not convince me that one guy was going against all efforts and better advice to tank the company.

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isodev ◴[] No.40136235[source]
> clickbait fake news all over the screen

That’s my current experience with Google search as well, even for the most direct and obvious technical queries like “do X in Y language”

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1. axus ◴[] No.40136372[source]
Yeah it's the pictures that really bother me, but you're not wrong. On the phone, I turn off "Discover".