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Their search has been getting worse and worse for a long time before the Reddit protest.
"Many of us may wonder," yep. Some of us are pretty sure it's because Google is now optimizing searches for profitability rather than relevance. They're very careful to avoid fully explaining how the algorithm arranges search results, but I think the algorithm now has more financial subroutines than software behind it.
I recently googled "grass" to find out more about different species and the results were all trying to sell me grass.
Grass.
Where I live it's as common as dirt. I wonder how many people Google the word "grass" with zero qualifiers when trying to BUY grass.
Ffs
"But have you considered special-edition artisanal grass? Guaranteed to impress your neighbors! Practically mows itself! Thrives on zero water! [in small print: made of 100% high grade polypropylene filaments, not suitable for hot climates]." [/s]
For that kind of research, I usually go to Wikipedia, pick a random technical term for the topic I'm looking for, and add that. It doesn't always work, but it does eliminate some of the sales sites. But it shouldn't be necessary, sigh.