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0 pointsethbr11y ago0 comments

Why ascribe to malice, what can be explained by ineptitude?

I just don't think Google cares enough about the web as a whole to make strategic decisions for content quality in aggregate.

Sure it cares about geeky nuances and standards (e.g. page structure / load times), but Pichai isn't considering the impact on web content quality when debating an algorithm change or feature.

If Google continues driving web quality off the cliff? Well, the business KPIs stayed green.

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n144q1y ago

> I just don't think Google cares enough about the web as a whole to make strategic decisions for content quality in aggregate.

The only thing they care about is ad revenue. Google created Chrome which vastly improved browser user experience. Google is a major participant in web standard & JavaScript language evolution, among other work. That's all true, but not necessarily because they "care about the web", but rather it helps their ad business. If people put the entire world's information on websites, and people spend more time in browsers, Google ends up earning more money from ads.

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