← Back to context Comment by hgomersall 1 day ago Search died ages ago [1]. Ads dying is a direct consequence of that.[1] https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/ 13 comments hgomersall Reply crazygringo 21 hours ago > Search died ages agoYou might want to let Google know that, because the number of searches on Google appears to continue to be growing massively:https://searchengineland.com/google-5-trillion-searches-per-...Those numbers look like the exact opposite of dead or dying to me. As does Google's growing stock price over the same time period. hgomersall 5 hours ago The policy described in my link is literally about making each user search more to get the results they want in order to drive more ad revenue. That would create more searches and a less good user experience. imron 20 hours ago ‘Numbers go up’ is the exact type of thinking that caused the death of search.From a user perspective, google search results are awful and almost always a complete waste of time. crazygringo 19 hours ago Again, this "death of search" I hear so much about, but doesn't exist in the numbers.If search results are such a waste of time, why do people keep using Google? In ever-increasing numbers? What's the explanation there? 7 replies → duped 5 hours ago That is good evidence that Google is dying because it takes more than one search query to find what you want. kakapo5672 21 hours ago You should let Google know, given their business is really humming nowadays. Along with their stock price.
crazygringo 21 hours ago > Search died ages agoYou might want to let Google know that, because the number of searches on Google appears to continue to be growing massively:https://searchengineland.com/google-5-trillion-searches-per-...Those numbers look like the exact opposite of dead or dying to me. As does Google's growing stock price over the same time period. hgomersall 5 hours ago The policy described in my link is literally about making each user search more to get the results they want in order to drive more ad revenue. That would create more searches and a less good user experience. imron 20 hours ago ‘Numbers go up’ is the exact type of thinking that caused the death of search.From a user perspective, google search results are awful and almost always a complete waste of time. crazygringo 19 hours ago Again, this "death of search" I hear so much about, but doesn't exist in the numbers.If search results are such a waste of time, why do people keep using Google? In ever-increasing numbers? What's the explanation there? 7 replies → duped 5 hours ago That is good evidence that Google is dying because it takes more than one search query to find what you want.
hgomersall 5 hours ago The policy described in my link is literally about making each user search more to get the results they want in order to drive more ad revenue. That would create more searches and a less good user experience.
imron 20 hours ago ‘Numbers go up’ is the exact type of thinking that caused the death of search.From a user perspective, google search results are awful and almost always a complete waste of time. crazygringo 19 hours ago Again, this "death of search" I hear so much about, but doesn't exist in the numbers.If search results are such a waste of time, why do people keep using Google? In ever-increasing numbers? What's the explanation there? 7 replies →
crazygringo 19 hours ago Again, this "death of search" I hear so much about, but doesn't exist in the numbers.If search results are such a waste of time, why do people keep using Google? In ever-increasing numbers? What's the explanation there? 7 replies →
duped 5 hours ago That is good evidence that Google is dying because it takes more than one search query to find what you want.
kakapo5672 21 hours ago You should let Google know, given their business is really humming nowadays. Along with their stock price.
> Search died ages ago
You might want to let Google know that, because the number of searches on Google appears to continue to be growing massively:
https://searchengineland.com/google-5-trillion-searches-per-...
Those numbers look like the exact opposite of dead or dying to me. As does Google's growing stock price over the same time period.
The policy described in my link is literally about making each user search more to get the results they want in order to drive more ad revenue. That would create more searches and a less good user experience.
‘Numbers go up’ is the exact type of thinking that caused the death of search.
From a user perspective, google search results are awful and almost always a complete waste of time.
Again, this "death of search" I hear so much about, but doesn't exist in the numbers.
If search results are such a waste of time, why do people keep using Google? In ever-increasing numbers? What's the explanation there?
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That is good evidence that Google is dying because it takes more than one search query to find what you want.
You should let Google know, given their business is really humming nowadays. Along with their stock price.