Comment on All I wanted was a simple search.
Chozo@kbin.social 1 year ago
No, I want a fucking Wikipedia link.
Add "Wikipedia" to your search term, then.
It's worth noting that Wikipedia has recently gotten down-ranked in Google's search results. It's rare to be the first result anymore, so just add that to your search terms.
Or, alternatively, just go to Wikipedia and search directly on there. Remove the middleman if you already know what your final destination is going to be.
Wogi@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Because Google doesn’t want to to leave Google. Putting Wikipedia at the top encouraged people to click away
So Google is now trying to deincentivize using the service they’re providing.
Aatube@kbin.social 1 year ago
it's literally a giant link on the right-side knowledge panel. Plus the purpose of a search engine is for you to go to other sites, why wouldn't it encourage people to click away if they don't have it