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AI Has Made Google Search So Bad People Are Moving to TikTok & Reddit
Google search results are overrun with low-quality AI content, so people are turning to humans for answers
The inner workings of the Google search algorithm are a well-kept secret.
People have been making a lot of money trying to figure out how it works.
SEO optimization, the art of making Google rank your content high, is a really well-paid skill.
As long as humans were trying to outsmart humans, Google managed to stay on top of the worst spam content.
But along came AI and turned search engine ranking into a hare and tortoise race.
A race that Google is losing.
People can’t find what they’re looking for, so they turn to platforms like TikTok and Reddit to get answers from humans directly.
To remain relevant, Google has to maintain a balance between you finding what you’re looking for and them making money.
You have to trust that the results you get are useful. Or that you’ll at least find what you’re looking for.
But now, the algorithm is overwhelmed with AI-powered SEO Spam that is stopping people from finding what they’re…
