Ask HN: Any search engineers at Google see responses to the bad press?

Like increased engineering effort, announcements, etc.<p>Is there any internal agreement that search quality is declining?

The answer seems to be no based on the Google SEO podcast: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developers.google.com&#x2F;search&#x2F;podcasts&#x2F;search-off-the-record" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developers.google.com&#x2F;search&#x2F;podcasts&#x2F;search-off-the...</a>