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Did SEO experts ruin the internet or did Google? - The Verge (www.theverge.com)

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[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Greed broke it. Mostly Google’s, but you’re right, if it weren’t Google, it would have been someone else.

[–] MudMan@kbin.social 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It already was someone else. I am old enough to remember when all these conversations (and the very accurate warnings about algorithmic filtering and artificial content promotion) being directed at Altavista and Yahoo.

[–] ArbiterXero@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

And Facebook isn’t innocent, TikTok etc…. You’re entirely right.

We are our own worst enemies.