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The biggest findings in the Google Search leak
(www.theverge.com)
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this post was submitted on 31 May 2024
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So we've confirmed that all the pop-ups, special offers, cookie prompts, "what's new" overlays, and slideshows are probably pushing sites up to the top of search. Google has been pouring gas on the fire of things that annoy people about the open web.
Should we even be calling it the open web at this point?
Your conclusion isn't really backed up by the article or linked articles from that article. Most of those types of clicks you listed are likely going into "bad clicks" or other unknown categories in Navboost.