Is Google Deteriorating in Quality?

Marissa Mayer, a former employee of Google, was featured on the Freakonomics podcast to discuss if Google has been deteriorating in quality. During her time with the company, Mayer worked on Google Images, News, and Maps. Eventually, she moved from Google to become the leader of Yahoo! Her response when asked about Google's decline in provision doesn't focus on the search engine itself - instead, she notes that the online experience has changed. Therefore, the more relevant query would be to ask why the search experience is different today. Marissa Mayer declared that the standard of the Internet has deteriorated. She pointed out that Google is simply a window to the web, implying that it is not to blame for bad searches. Mayer offered her justification that there are various motives woven like a web that are focused on getting investment, gathering clicks and buying products. In light of this, the interviewer accepted the notion that the Internet has become less dependable and asked Mayer why this was the case. The controversial notion that the Internet is of poor quality because of its limited governmental oversight is worth evaluating. Google has been known to regulate the Internet in terms of content quality; out of 8 algorithm modifications made in 2022, 6 of them were aimed towards stopping spam, amending product reviews and downgrading unhelpful content. Thus, it should be contended that Google is devoting more resources to refining Internet content than progress in their technology for providing pertinent search results. The latest PODCAST from Freakonomics asks: Is the lowered standard of Google Search the result of the decreased quality of websites today or is the problem purely with Google itself not being able to recognize it?

(source: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/why-google-search-is-getting-worse/472681/)