[rbbydotdev]

Maybe it’s misplaced nostalgia but google search before google plus ruined the +, and the image search was top tier (not shopping ads) - truly incredible the signal to noise you could find.

Now all the junk comes to the top and the sites you get all have ads and modal popups or sales funnel flows

[dnnddidiej]

Google was good. So everyone used it, so SEOs tried to optimize and then you get the junk.

[rockskon]

Of course - it's SEO's fault that Google search frequently ignores words in your queries.

It's SEO's fault that Google frequently prioritizes giving you results that are semantically or thematically related but ultimately irrelevant to what you searched for.

It's SEO's fault that Google refuses to place ads on websites not full of meandering irrelevant "content".

It's SEO's fault Google search all-but-ignores most single-purpose tool websites.

It's not the result of decisions made by Google's programmers and project managers - it's allllll the fault of SEO!

The SEO industry definitely isn't an all-purpose scapegoat for horribly unpopular decisions made by human beings at Google.