THE MAN WHO KILLED GOOGLE SEARCH

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

Google Search's search quality has been reportedly declining since 2019 due to revenue pressures. In 2020, Prabhakar Raghavan, the former head of Yahoo Search, replaced Ben Gomes, a dedicated search engineer who prioritized user experience, as the head of Google Search. Raghavan's focus on advertising and growth metrics prioritized profit over search quality, leading to more ad-heavy search.