I asked Google "who ruined Google" and they replied honestly using their AI, which is now forced on all of us. It's too funny not to share! Google AI Overview reads (there is a pic of Google employee Prabhakar Raghavan) : According to tech writer Edward Zitron's newsletter article, The Man Who Killed Google Search, an executive's power grab led to Google's search engine's downfall in 2019. In the article, Zitron claims that Prabhakar Raghavan, the head of ads at Google, replaced Ben Gomes, the head of search, and prioritized growth metrics over search quality. Zitron's narrative is based on emails released as part of the DOJ's antitrust case against Google.
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