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by jazzyjackson 1629 days ago
I like this line of thinking, that there’s something up with the paperclip optimizer. Google has always insisted that search engineering is different from ad auctions but I don’t buy it. If there’s a KPI for “dwell time” on the sponsored search results that ads up as you come back and try a different link, that would dive bomb the usefulness of the page.