• credo@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    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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      5 months ago

      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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      5 months ago

      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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        5 months ago

        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.