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by andersrs 1061 days ago
I've had good luck promoting my game on social media but when someone hears the name and Google's it they'll get results like pic related where someone has embedded an ad-wrapped knock-off of the game which contains more adverts. https://imgur.com/a/mz07uyR

Personally I can't find much on Google if I'm actually searching for something I don't know about. Finding the local mechanic is fine but querying a programming question, health problem or recipe is absolutely fucked. I sold all my Google stock recently but should have done so sooner. The value they have is in gmail and gsuite accounts but I can see the search business is circling the drain.

Conspiracy theory: they love showing shitty sites because those sites display adverts making Google money.