Google seems like it’s quietly in serious trouble based on how they’ve really really cranked up the ads.
On mobile YouTube every third item is an ad. On google search I now get 5-6 YouTube links before a bunch of AI clickbait fuelled by adsense, and then maybe Wikipedia and other legit site are listed… maybe… on the first page.
I’m currently migrating my habits to avoiding search engines in general, but using DDG (which I might stick with) when I need to.
On mobile YouTube every third item is an ad. On google search I now get 5-6 YouTube links before a bunch of AI clickbait fuelled by adsense, and then maybe Wikipedia and other legit site are listed… maybe… on the first page.
I’m currently migrating my habits to avoiding search engines in general, but using DDG (which I might stick with) when I need to.