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522. Is Google Getting Worse?

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The Longest Running Split AB Experiment in the History of the Internet

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Meyer and others at Google were concerned that showing ads with search results would degrade the experience for users. She helped design an experiment to see how true that might be. The experiment was put in place but then Google sort of forgot about it. Meyer: "This is the longest running split AB experiment in the history of the internet"

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