Google is testing verified checkmarks in search

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• suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Thus forcing everone to wonder why, if they believe some results are fraudelent, they are showing them to us at all.

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  • Hirom@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Hovering over a checkmark will display a message that explains “Google’s signals suggest that this business is the business that it says it is,” which is determined by things like

    I guess this due diligence cost time and money. And doing this due diligence for every ad customer might affect their bottom line.

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• Gamers_mate@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Lets trust the company with an illegal monopoly with verification checkmarks I am sure nothing will go wrong.

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  • Sina@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Luckily duck is good enough-ish.

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• luciole@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I wonder how much they’ll charge for it.

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• maxprime@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Anyone who has had to troubleshoot anything Windows related knows just how useless anything from a Microsoft website is.

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• megopie@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How much will it affect ranking in the search algorithm? When will they announce the asking price? What about legitimate sites that cannot pony up that inevitable price?

  Call me conspiratorial but this seems like a way to further subjugate civil society to cooperate society. . “Oh well, they couldn’t make a profit to pay for the blue check, so they’re not legitimate”

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  • Mubelotix@jlai.lu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Can’t affect the ranking in the EU as that would be considered advertising. But it will drive more clicks anyway

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• madjo@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Next up, a paid Google subscription for a alte check mark in the search results.

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