Through research and experience it has come to my attention that not all search engines are created equal, that not all give you unlimited access to the information you seek. Google, and even Brave's browser actively censor site listings over political wrong think. They completely delist sites, and bury sites so far down and out of view that none would believe they even exist. Having tested alternatives DuckDuckGo seems to be one of the only search engines that does not show such bias, nor hides sites from view. If you type in "OtakuDante", for example, you'll find everything associated with me including site and review links.
The opposite can be said for Google and Brave where strictly limited access to my posts are hidden by a subtle "Did you mean otakudante?" link at the top of the first page in small letters that most will overlook. This is highly manipulative and unfair to both me, and you who seek to find information on games you might be interested in. You can also bet your bottom dollar this extends to all content creators who have personally shared some uncomfortable truths on social media.
The time to change search engine is now. If you want all the information, and not bias then DuckDuckGo is the current contender for fair user access. I bring all this up to point out the criminal monopoly on information that has overtaken the metrics systems of the world, and the world wide web. Without being properly checked these monopolies will compromise access to vital information that might not be so trivial as a game review. Things like freedom effecting politics, human rights violations, crimes against humanity, or conspiracy theories that turn out to be true could be hidden from view.
Also If we keep weighing content creators worth on these sabotaged statistics as PR, companies, and industries we will soon see a bias that favors only a certain demographic, and is wholly unreliable on the business front for sales impact. The numbers won't add up no matter how positive the echoed opinion.
If you are a PR beholden to analytics from Google, or any other biased search engine I ask you to consider reevaluating your stance on working with others on selling or promoting products, especially in relation to those metrics. Look at their honesty, and integrity. Their ability to get the job done, and their skill level at doing it. Otherwise like the content creators you are open to also being robbed of valuable opportunities, and are ultimately being sold bias information that more often than not does not adequately reflect the true outcome of promotion campaigns.
The biased outlets that are often times promoted are more likely than not money minded, and invested in selling out for that priority placement. Business likes a good shill, but even with all that positive feedback, and narrowed viewership you'll be hard pressed to find a target audience that will not feel burnt when they are misled, and eventually customers find out the truth. This leads to a distrust, not only of the covering media outlets, but of the studios, companies and industries, themselves. Tread carefully when trusting content creators and companies whose bottom line is maximum profit at the expense of the consumer.
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