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User Signals are unhelpful incentives:
Google's so-called User signals value scroll depth and time spent on a website as positive indicators of valuable content.
However, websites with bad UX easily outplay good ones when people spend more time scrolling pages over and over desperately trying to find a registration or contact form to achieve something they'd have more quickly achieved with good UX.

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    Why is this surprising? Google optimises its search results for ad revenue. The more time you spend scrolling a site desperately trying to find the relevant bit that you want, the more likely you are to see an ad.

    I switched to Kagi. So far its been worth the $10/month
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    I know that it’s all about money but I find the act of optimizing the UI for ad revenue profoundly disgusting.
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