They’ve started inserting a subtle ad as the first result instead of the actual app you’re searching for.

This has to have been a change over the last month or two I feel like?

I’m having to reprogram myself to view the first result as irrelevant. Really makes me want to increase the F-Droid alternatives that I use.

  • Not_Alec_Baldwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
    28·
    1 year ago

    It’s not a subtle ad. Google has sold the top slots of your search to companies in exchange for money.

    When your search for “Excel”, Google doesn’t try to find you the most relevant result. They find you the highest paying ad, and then what you’re searching for.