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The Verge reports on an announcement by Alphabet subsidiary Google that, beginning in January, it will change the way Web sites are ranked in results from its search engine. Sites featuring pop-up windows or interstitial adverts may appear lower in the results than they now do.
According to an Alphabet press release, 90% of Google's revenues during the first quarter of 2016 came from advertising.
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(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @01:38PM
I don't know how I feel about this. I dislike the practice but it might bury more relevant results that appear on more poorly designed websites when I value finding something I need over the form it takes.
I'd feel better if there was a way to disregard this rule selectively; but I always say that about everything.
(Score: 4, Informative) by WizardFusion on Wednesday August 24 2016, @02:33PM
I dunno, maybe use a different search engine. There is more than just Google.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @02:42PM
Nobody who cares about even being pseudoanonymous should use Google. I've been using DuckDuckGo for about six months, and it's been working just fine. Perhaps another AC can chime in since I know there are more that have sprung up.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @04:26PM
https://www.ixquick.com/ [ixquick.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @05:04PM
The problem with DDG is that the results are crap. So I end up going to google anyway.
I switched to startpage.com. I think it's the same team but uses google instead of yahoo results.
It's OK but you need to disable javascript otherwise there's a 1-2 second delay on your searches - no idea why, but easily remedied.
(Score: 2) by NCommander on Thursday August 25 2016, @01:38AM
^- this basically.
I've used DDG in the past but ultimately went back to Google because several times I simply couldn't find what I wanted in a DDG search.
Still always moving
(Score: 2) by Murdoc on Friday August 26 2016, @10:36PM
Why not use more than one then? I use DDG all the time, and only resort to ggl if I really, really need to. And their searches have been improving over time. I know at the beginning I didn't use them much because of how much better google was, but now I only rarely have to go there. Besides, DDG has so many other awesome features, and getting more all the time.