One of the most repulsive things you can find on the web are marketing disguised as tech blog posts. You search for stuff, then find something that looks like a useful blog post in the topic.
It starts by showing you how to do things you searched for using common tools. Once it has solidified your confidence, it lists the product to sell as the most viable option.
This is unethical. 🤮
For people using search engines, it is annoying and frustrating.
For others who rely on Copilot, ChatGPT etc., it's a perfect trap. AIs seem to be unable to tell marketing and facts aside, and the readers won't see the source, to realize the intention behind the article.
💡 An ideal search engine should downrank sites for posting any form of disguised marketing as delivering such results would undermine the reliability of the search engine itself.
💡 Also, a well working AI would not use such sites as source as to avoid damaging its own reputation.
Strangely, all common search engines and AIs gladly deliver false results, especially if they are paid for it, and most of the users are not aware of it.
The problem is that unbiased search engines and AIs, if they even exist, have a great disadvantage because they have to compete with competitors that make more money by deceiving users. 😤
#searchengines #ai #techmarketing #ranting