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How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet - WIRED (www.wired.com)

submitted 11 months ago by ijeff@lemdro.id to c/technology@beehaw.org

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cross-posted from !google@lemdro.id

Google may be altering billions of search queries daily to generate results that increase purchases.

Testimony in an antitrust case revealed an internal Google slide about changes to its search algorithm, involving "semantic matching" to generate more commercial results.

Google covertly changes user queries, substituting them with ones that generate more revenue for the company and display shopping-oriented results.

This manipulation benefits Google's profits but harms search quality and raises advertiser costs.

Despite legal challenges, Google's market dominance allows it to continue these practices, impacting users' ability to access unbiased information.

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[–] sculd@beehaw.org 10 points 11 months ago

I FINALLY understand why even putting quotation in my search queries still result in lots of irrelevant results!!!

Because Google isn't even searching for the exact input!! They just changed the input!! Ridiculous!!!