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Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find
(tech.slashdot.org)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
SEO grifters have definitely gamed the system so much so that even if you have a junkyard dog mentality about SEO, you're competing with every Tom, Dick, and Harriet that ever picked up Wordpress For Dummies. For your average user just trying to search for a local business or news article, you're hit with ads and competitors trying to outbid each other on adwords. What a mess.