It's due to alphabet altering their "algorithm" to favor established companies and sources ( aka fight "fake news" and clean up the "interwebs" ). Google stopped being a faithful reflection of the internet. It's why now, any coooking and recipe searches now brings up nytimes links first rather than those that people clicked/linked/sourced.
It's not just google search. It's the entire alphabet ecosystem. Google news, youtube, etc all are getting worse. Google news was "cleansed" and now just peppers everyone with nytimes and wapo articles. If you have the time, waybackmachine and see how different googlenews is now compared to just a couple of years ago. And youtube trending is just awful as well. It doesn't reflect what people are watching. It's just a advertising platform for established news channels and late night shows.
It's the direction the internet is going. From user directed (bottom-up ) system to a moderator driven ( top-down ) system.
The government and establishment media has put so much pressure on social media/internet companies that they finally have given in.
Essentially, the age-old tactic of blaming someone of aiding the enemy ( aka russians/fake news/propaganda ) and "we must protect the children" was used to intimidate and cow tech companies.
It's not just google search. It's the entire alphabet ecosystem. Google news, youtube, etc all are getting worse. Google news was "cleansed" and now just peppers everyone with nytimes and wapo articles. If you have the time, waybackmachine and see how different googlenews is now compared to just a couple of years ago. And youtube trending is just awful as well. It doesn't reflect what people are watching. It's just a advertising platform for established news channels and late night shows.
It's the direction the internet is going. From user directed (bottom-up ) system to a moderator driven ( top-down ) system.
The government and establishment media has put so much pressure on social media/internet companies that they finally have given in.
Essentially, the age-old tactic of blaming someone of aiding the enemy ( aka russians/fake news/propaganda ) and "we must protect the children" was used to intimidate and cow tech companies.