You have pointed out big problem online today. It is normal to be careful about clicking links even from friends because there is so much fake information and scams out there. Bad information spreads fast making it hard to tell what is real. Even reviews can be made up to trick us into trusting something that is not real.
People work hard to make bad websites look good and real to fool us. If we can prevent ourselves from their is only one method that we should make our own research. And keep searching and try to get correct information.

You're right there is a lot of bs out there and come to think of it thats also probably why a lot of the AI is always wrong too. Suprisingly AI gets a lot of easy common sense type of stuff wrong too. But honestly having such a complex system and with such a vast amount of information its definitely got to be hard for a machine to tell whats what without a very detailed set of instructions and some "experience"

Aside from the algorithm favoring the big companies, it still very important to note that Google work as a search engine doesn't guarantee any information posted there, since Google search tools work like AI which source out information that is posted anywhere on the Internet, not that google have it own search tool and central system to check all the informations.

As far as I know, Google relies on popularity, brand...while top companies are spending a lot of money to promote their brands. So, it's no surprise those search results.

Besides, Google is just a search engine and it understands the question based on the text we provide, it is not human so it cannot deeply understand what we really want. That is why it often gives us multiple results at once for reference instead of just giving a single result . So,  you are right , we need to focus on how to use "keywords" to get the most accurate results. We can't blame it and say it gives wrong or biased results when our questions are general , not specific...or not focused on what we want to  ask.

Google doesn't tell you anything of their own, they only tell you what the brands you are researching about is saying about their own products. If coinbase describe their wallets as the best, that is what google is going to show you since coinbase is a trusted brand. I have seen scams getting good review from google without them knowing that what they are talking about is a scam. The research on Google is now being over taken by AI and AI do not generate anything of their own but only gives you what it consider the best answer from all the information that is already on the internet. If we want to get genuine results from the question we ask, we have to trust platforms like Bitcointalk and not Google.

These sites will do SEO for their websites so that people who are searching for that service gets that website as the first result.

This is learnt from experience that when multiple places are giving you similar services, they should be compared. However making such a mistake can be lethal for many people and indeed, being skeptical about every service is needed when it comes to crypto.

There are so many wallets/exchanges/card sellers, that making informed decisions is necessary.

Google is an algorithm based search engine while bitcointalk is a forum used to exchange and share knowledge and experiences from real users. It would be lame to compare the two and somewhat biased to say that bitcointalk is better than Google in terms of search.

This is just a bitcoin forum and what you can search for will only be related to bitcoin/crypto. Meanwhile, Google or AI now provides you with a huge repository of documents and news from all fields, industries, events...around the world.


By the way, I guess you are still using Google, AI every day to search for information, news about economy, politics...not our forum. So don't criticize it too much when you still use it every day.

It is a common problem of society to believe in everything they saw or read in the internet. It is shocking how people trust everything without checking sources or facts. And it very sad, that now everything needs to be double checked. With help of AI and fake or wrong content it creates, situation becomes even worse. After several tens of years, we might even need a "clearnet" or "truenet", as todays internet will be filled with fake content.

Some people don't understand that Google is a search engine, it mostly refers you to links that are related to the information that you are trying to find, I don't know how far Google go to asertain whether the information is true. Clearly it is not every information that you get from Google that will be accurate, some can be outdated and others misleading, this means that we should not take every information that we search on Google as authentic. I agree with what you are saying, AI can be a better tool to get correct information because it will scrutinize and come up with the best answer or option for your question. I think that when you get your answer from one source there is need to further research from another reputable source before you can conclude that you have the right answer.

This forum should be promoted everywhere. Without this forum, lots of people can become a victim of wrong information and make huge mistakes in their life. If I was an average newbie, I'd follow the Google's advice and make a mistake.
I thought that since it was a typical search engine algorithm abuse, i.e. these companies did better SEO job with money and their resources, that's the reason why Google was suggesting these wallets but now I gave a try to Google's Gemini PRO, which uses advanced reasoning. What do you guys think, would Gemini give me a good answer with its advanced reasoning when I asked it what are the most secure Bitcoin wallets? It was 50/50. It suggested me to use Trezor Model T (it's normal answer), Ledger Nano X (terrible answer because we all saw how secure their chip is), Coldcard mk4 (Very good answer definitely), BitBox02 (I have no idea about this wallet to be honest and I'd love to hear from you, guys).
I was also expecting The Passport Foundation wallet but Gemini didn't mention it.