• credo@lemmy.world
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    1 年前

    Just because you click on it that doesn’t make it accurate. More importantly, that text isn’t “clickable”, so they can’t be measuring raw engagement either.

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      1 年前

      What this would measure is how long you would stay on the page without scrolling. Less scrolling means more time looking at ads.

      This is the influence of Prabhakar Raghavan.

    • RvTV95XBeo@sh.itjust.works
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      1 年前

      Just because you click on it that doesn’t make it accurate.

      Given the choice between clicks/engagement and accuracy, is pretty clear Google’s for the former is what got us into this hell hole.

      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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        1 年前

        Yup, if you have to repeat your search 3 times, you’re seeing 3x the ads. If you control most of the market, where are your customers going to go? Most will just deal with it and search more.