1. They heavily prioritized commercial sites, especially e-commerce sites, for monetary reasons.
2. They deprioritized everything but yhr first page of results. Clicking the “next page” buttons on Google is almost completely irrelevant. This further stymied the growth of the non commercial internet.
3. They let blogger go stale after purchasing it. Again, this damaged the growth of the independent Internet which hurt search, since information was now siloed in non open private platforms
4. They killed Google Reader which was the final nail in the blogging coffin.
5. They spent vast amounts of energy pushing AMP which meant Google was now prioritizing a standardized version of news sites, essentially, instead of encouraging freedom to experiment and express. This further stymied the open internet.
IOW, Google, after establishing itself as the gateway to the open, independent internet, through its excellent search, took many steps that destroyed the open and independent internet, which in turn made its search worthless
1. They heavily prioritized commercial sites, especially e-commerce sites, for monetary reasons. 2. They deprioritized everything but yhr first page of results. Clicking the “next page” buttons on Google is almost completely irrelevant. This further stymied the growth of the non commercial internet. 3. They let blogger go stale after purchasing it. Again, this damaged the growth of the independent Internet which hurt search, since information was now siloed in non open private platforms 4. They killed Google Reader which was the final nail in the blogging coffin. 5. They spent vast amounts of energy pushing AMP which meant Google was now prioritizing a standardized version of news sites, essentially, instead of encouraging freedom to experiment and express. This further stymied the open internet.
IOW, Google, after establishing itself as the gateway to the open, independent internet, through its excellent search, took many steps that destroyed the open and independent internet, which in turn made its search worthless