Be careful of sources you get your information from!!!

[Queentoshi]

People, especially newbies should be well informed that the standard things are not gotten easily, just like coinbase which is closed source being the first to pop out during your search, this is also because the company does a high level of SEO which places it at top spot of search and I doubt Electrum, Sparrow and Blue wallet providers have such time to initiate such marketing prospects for their open source wallets.

The Internet has been seen as a dependent source of information, with people trusting the first search results as the most accurate, this leads most to mistakes. It's obvious this is one of the serious limitations of the Internet, with proper marketing, even lower quality products can find it's way to the top of responses during search

There is truth in your statement. It’s really concerning how search engines can sometimes miss the mark when it comes to delivering the correct result for a search. Instead of getting the precise information you’re looking for, you end up with a bunch of unrelated results or popular wallets that might not even fit the criteria. With the realization that search engines can provide wrong results, you will be more careful with results from search that you trust.

[passwordnow]

That's all about SEO and these websites and exchanges are hiring the best of them to be on top of the list. Whoever gets to be at the top of the chain will be shown by Google. So, google doesn't have something to do with it but these platforms are in a rush to get to the shown results based on the keywords that will be shown towards the people that does the research. And I agree with OP, it's about to do research in details because there is so much information that could still mislead everyone on this space, not just the newbies but even those that are quite old enough to understand they're not good info.

It's about a fine print down the line - if a person is willing to, he would do things right and read into the options presented to him, not just pick something that served to him on his plate due to SEO, which you described.

These information that comes out after searching thoroughly, many would stop from there. And that's the reason if you ask some newbies, they're using those wallets that have been displayed on the OP because that's what they think it's all done and gone. After that, all they wanna do is to make sure they're on the legitimate website that supports those wallets. But it's not only about these wallets, there is more to it and we all share the same agreement that everyone needs to do it more in details.

[MarjorieZimmermanGinger]

There is truth in your statement. It’s really concerning how search engines can sometimes miss the mark when it comes to delivering the correct result for a search. Instead of getting the precise information you’re looking for, you end up with a bunch of unrelated results or popular wallets that might not even fit the criteria. With the realization that search engines can provide wrong results, you will be more careful with results from search that you trust.

Usually it happens because the search loaded is not appropriate and the results that come out are different, but when someone is not careful, the wallet that is uploaded can be wrong with the desired results. The habit when opening the Play Store that often occurs because there are duplicate applications available there with an inappropriate level of credibility and if someone is not able to see the legitimate wallet information then they will upload a second party or illegitimate wallet. That is why it is necessary to be careful and see things based on the truth in a much more precise way.

[davis196]

Google search has went downhill in the past few years. I don't know what happened with Google search algorithms, but searching on Google is becoming annoying for me. The search results are less accurate, less informative and there are more ads than ever before.
Maybe the adoption of AI has something to do with this. Maybe we might be witnessing the death of search engines right now. AI chatbots will replace search engines after several years. I'm thinking about never using Google or Bing again. There are other search engines like Brave or Duckduckgo, but they have their own pros and cons.

[FortuneFollower]

Google search has went downhill in the past few years. I don't know what happened with Google search algorithms, but searching on Google is becoming annoying for me. The search results are less accurate, less informative and there are more ads than ever before.
Maybe the adoption of AI has something to do with this. Maybe we might be witnessing the death of search engines right now. AI chatbots will replace search engines after several years. I'm thinking about never using Google or Bing again. There are other search engines like Brave or Duckduckgo, but they have their own pros and cons.

It's all about digging the truth yourself, currently.
It's just that it became more obvious if we tried to get good answers from only 1-2 searches.

[dunfida]

Now most newbies would rush into believing these without proper research. I see most of these results as ads basically come to think of it, a single open source wallet didn't pop up as part of the top 10 results.

"it's not only about doing your own research, it's about doing your own research in details"

This is why tons of newbies do really that being misdirected because they are really that believing about 100% accuracy and really that some real information and they would directly be that going to install Coinbase wallet as this is the one who do find out first on search on which  this is really that wrong because we do know that these are centralized or custodial wallets on which you dont really have that full possession when it comes to the keys of the said wallet on which we know that this isnt really that right at all. We do know that no one beats up on having that non custodial wallet if we do speak about having the safest wallet. Well, most likely newbies will really be installing this wallet and believes that this is the safest wallet. Its unlikely that you would really be that making up some reactions but at the moment that you have gained up that knowledge and experience then this is where you would be making up some realizations.

Its true that we should really be that careful on whatever the informations that we can get online and this is at least you do be that sensible on trying out to dig further via trying out to read up some real feedbacks into its users and finding up some potential cons of it. Making yourself that wary in such information will really be that making yourself that be avoiding into those potential things on which you do sees out that isnt really that good at all. Bare it up into  your mind that not all information is legit and precise, so further research will really be that more recommended.

[john_egbert]

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Its true that we should really be that careful on whatever the informations that we can get online and this is at least you do be that sensible on trying out to dig further via trying out to read up some real feedbacks into its users and finding up some potential cons of it. Making yourself that wary in such information will really be that making yourself that be avoiding into those potential things on which you do sees out that isnt really that good at all. Bare it up into  your mind that not all information is legit and precise, so further research will really be that more recommended.

That's a mentality to work on in the crypto space.

Never trust anything 100% from the start, invest your sweat into the analysis, don't rush things out, and you would minimize the risks of something bad happening.

[Moreno233]

Many a time, I've always insisted on the fact that most of the information we have online have a huge majority of them wrong with just a very few right. In simple terms we actually have more wrong information on the internet these days than the right ones. And the alarming thing about it is that the wrong ones are basically far more easier to access. This is the reason why many persons can't really vividly capture properly the details concerning the security of their coins.

Long story short, I got a little bored while surfing on my mobile and I decided to hit up something quite interesting on Google, and below were the results;

Now most newbies would rush into believing these without proper research. I see most of these results as ads basically come to think of it, a single open source wallet didn't pop up as part of the top 10 results.

"it's not only about doing your own research, it's about doing your own research in details"

This information is so deceptive because none of the wallets listed is open source unless I'm mistaken. It is even more terrifying that this is coming from Google, the first point of contact for anyone looking for information as serious as that. Does it mean that Google does not know anything about self custody? Well, those articles were published by people and Google as a search engine, simply root them out as they were written. This indeed shows that one should be extremely careful of the source of information. One way to avoid issues like this is to compare multiple source like Youtube, Google and other platforms so that the reason given by each of them can be analyzed to arrive at a better conclusion.

[ChiBitCTy]

Excellent post, this gets post , something like it maybe once a year and it should be a few times a year.  This is what I preach every single day.  Never listen to your co workers, family or friends about finance unless they are a licensed professional, 99% of this shit I do hear people saying to others in terms of advice is total bs.

Also I've been seeing this "Conbase, the number 1 most trusted bitcoin wallet in the world" all over the place lately.  They are doing a huge marketing campaign right now.  Who the fucks says so.  Who made this claim, Coinbase?   An affiliate, business partner?  As far as I know there are no legitimate regulated rating agencies when it comes to cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges.

The truth, it's one of it not the worst exchange, it's a shit place to keep your coins, which is not where they are meant to be stored, and if you do business with them you're supporting a criminal organization.  That is not be dramatic, or stating things.  That is simply a fact.  It's extremely easy to verify this as well.  Quick google search all ya need to do.

Most crypto and finance "experts" I see on tv or YouTube, are absolutely not.  Honestly outside of Andreas, cypherpunks, some coin creators that I know and can talk to stuff like this about, which is just a few, and outside my buddies who work in this field or are Mr Robot types, media wise..Andreas is about that only one I know I can trust that talks about these types of things.  But even he is a bit hesitant to endorse things because he doesn't want to shill, he doesn't let anyone pay him off.  If you're not getting your info from him, or those here on btalk in the wallet board, or whatever relevant board for whatever topic..man I agree with Donny boy on few things but Fake News is right.  Most is, for any topic.  "Don't trust, verify".

[Muba20]

Google has been dominating the search engine world for a long time. They have always brought various benefits to retain users worldwide. Even though they have more dominance, the interest of users has decreased slightly. Especially in Google, the dominance of misleading information-filled websites has reduced their trust in them. Due to the fact that some scammers bring false information-filled sites up in the search engine optimization rankings, when that information is spread, people are deceived by that information. If Google can reduce the dominance of these sites, the possibility of spreading such false information will also decrease.

Recently, a statistic of search engines has been given, which is taken from Statcounter.

Google: 89.79%
bing: 3.93%
YANDEX: 2.73%
Yahoo: 1.27%
Baidu: 0.71%
DuckDuckGo:0.67%



https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share

People have high trust in Google, but when fake news spreads, they can be seriously damaged. However, users must be careful in this area.

If you get any information from any site, you should compare it from several places.

Furthermore, you should also be aware of whether the site from which the information is coming is authentic or not.

You should avoid making quick decisions based on any information that is doubtful.

[Judith87403]

Many a time, I've always insisted on the fact that most of the information we have online have a huge majority of them wrong with just a very few right. In simple terms we actually have more wrong information on the internet these days than the right ones. And the alarming thing about it is that the wrong ones are basically far more easier to access. This is the reason why many persons can't really vividly capture properly the details concerning the security of their coins.

Long story short, I got a little bored while surfing on my mobile and I decided to hit up something quite interesting on Google, and below were the results;

Now most newbies would rush into believing these without proper research. I see most of these results as ads basically come to think of it, a single open source wallet didn't pop up as part of the top 10 results.

"it's not only about doing your own research, it's about doing your own research in details"

I think google is turning into something this time, because sometimes when making a research about a particular thing they will be giving you a different results that is not even similar with what you asked for. which is why most times we don't need to rely on those informations we get from google, Is always advisable to ask questions probably after making those research more especially when it has to do with crypto. so as to know if the information is reliable or not.

Because most newbies after making research they won't even bother to ask questions to know if the information is right or wrong, instead they will just choose to stick to it, so far as it is been provided by google of course most people always have this mentality.

[fikrett]

This information is so deceptive because none of the wallets listed is open source unless I'm mistaken. It is even more terrifying that this is coming from Google, the first point of contact for anyone looking for information as serious as that. Does it mean that Google does not know anything about self custody? Well, those articles were published by people and Google as a search engine, simply root them out as they were written. This indeed shows that one should be extremely careful of the source of information. One way to avoid issues like this is to compare multiple source like Youtube, Google and other platforms so that the reason given by each of them can be analyzed to arrive at a better conclusion.

Because centralized services are shilled the most due to SEO, duh.
The only cure - is to learn and search more.

[Mayor of ogba]

In simple terms we actually have more wrong information on the internet these days than the right ones.

This is because we have a lot of scammers on the internet these days looking for the people they will scam, and they achieve their aim by spreading false information on the internet that could attract people to them. People shouldn't believe anything they see online, they should always verify any information they see on the internet to know how safe the information is.


I am surprised to see that Google is yet to know the best wallet to use in storing bitcoin that will protect people who are interested in holding bitcoin from being spied on and give them 100% control over their bitcoin. The best Google could do is to list centralized exchanges and bitcoin wallets developed by centralized exchanges like the Coinbase wallet as the best bitcoin wallet to use to store bitcoin. With what Google has displayed as the best bitcoin wallet, this post is an eye-opener for everyone: not to rely on the information they get from Google alone; they should always verify the information from another source to know how safe the information is before they proceed to believe the information and make use of it.

[michellee]

Research will be our friend to find the right thing that we want. We can not believe on one or two sources before we compare with other sources. With searching for more information, we will gather more knowledge about the thing that we want so we can get the right thing after we research.

But most people are not concern with this and only research in a little time and then follow what they get. That can make them getting in a trick from the scam because they don't search for more information and compare the data. It is why we don't have to be rush searching the information because we must responsible to ourselves.

The internet have a large information resources so we must be careful searching what we want. No need to feel tired searching more and more information because that will give us more knowledge.

[JiiBs]

It's all about digging the truth yourself, currently.
It's just that it became more obvious if we tried to get good answers from only 1-2 searches.

It’s hard to even see the truth when the lies or misinformation seats well with you. That’s of the case with a lot of persons surfing the net. You would always come across just whatever you search out to find but, does that mean they are reliable, of course not. The internet is in such a way that, anyone could just upload anything and the various search engines out there would do well enough to suggest and bring that up. However, when you look through pages that care a lot more of their reputation, they would be sure not to put out the wrong narrative and that’s where you should be looking.

[lovesmayfamilis]

Definitely, for any person who only understands the basics of the Internet and now even masters AI, Google will be the ultimate authority on truth that must be trusted. The Internet is no longer where we came to look for something necessary; today, the Internet is only about money. Not only is it true that today's AI tools grab information from different sources on the web (not necessarily correct information), but search engines have also become completely corrupt; that is, the one who pays the most will be the first. I would prefer to tell children from the first days when they get access to the Internet that now it is necessary to learn to analyze and use several sources to get the correct answer. Believing everything you read on the Internet these days means becoming even more stupid than you were before.

[MainIbem]

It's all about digging the truth yourself, currently.
It's just that it became more obvious if we tried to get good answers from only 1-2 searches.

It’s hard to even see the truth when the lies or misinformation seats well with you. That’s of the case with a lot of persons surfing the net. You would always come across just whatever you search out to find but, does that mean they are reliable, of course not. The internet is in such a way that, anyone could just upload anything and the various search engines out there would do well enough to suggest and bring that up. However, when you look through pages that care a lot more of their reputation, they would be sure not to put out the wrong narrative and that’s where you should be looking.

One of the best ways of getting knowledge is through the Internet and the best way of being misled is also through the Internet, the difference is in the right information for instance a newbie in this forum has lots to learn about cause their are so many knowledgeable things to be learnt here, you can learn from people's experiences you can learn a lot from mere discussions and so on, but some persons outside this forum would solely depend on informations gotten from Google or social media, the worst part is that they don't even care to be sure the information is verified but would believe it so far it's from Google, that's why it's very easy to scam some people on the media and through Internet cause they believe whatever they see without verification, whereas a newbie might drop a wrong information in this space and get corrected immediately or ask whatever they wish to know in the appropriate board and get good replies or suggestions.

[Mia Chloe]

I am surprised to see that Google is yet to know the best wallet to use in storing bitcoin that will protect people who are interested in holding bitcoin from being spied on and give them 100% control over their bitcoin. The best Google could do is to list centralized exchanges and bitcoin wallets developed by centralized exchanges like the Coinbase wallet as the best bitcoin wallet to use to store bitcoin. With what Google has displayed as the best bitcoin wallet, this post is an eye-opener for everyone: not to rely on the information they get from Google alone; they should always verify the information from another source to know how safe the information is before they proceed to believe the information and make use of it.

The truth is Google is actually aware of the right information but they may not share those wallets especially the open source ones like ELECTRUM and this is because most of them are being developed by decentralization enthusiasts so they don't care much about profit.

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Well basically the biggest problem with Google is mostly advertisements. Many of these big companies have advertisement deals with Google and as a result they will definitely put most of them as the top result for some certain searches and that is basically what we see here. Another thing is most of them have applications on the play store so based on their ratings there they can also be suggested.
Also op I suggest that you edit your post and it seems too bulky....

[Reatim]

One of the best ways of getting knowledge is through the Internet and the best way of being misled is also through the Internet, the difference is in the right information

that is because the internet is nothing but a tool to find the right sources we will always get the information we are looking for so long as we do know how or where to look for it

for instance a newbie in this forum has lots to learn about cause their are so many knowledgeable things to be learnt here, you can learn from people's experiences you can learn a lot from mere discussions and so on, but some persons outside this forum would solely depend on informations gotten from Google or social media

a forum about a specific topic is always the best way to learn about it because it consists of actual people who have direct experiences with the topic being discussed and members that are actually interested and heavily involved

while google or social media is way too general for us to really learn the most accurate information about crypto in

[ZAINmalik75]

that is because the internet is nothing but a tool to find the right sources we will always get the information we are looking for so long as we do know how or where to look for it

Yep Exactly, most of People need to understand that Google or any other search engine is not going to feed us the exact thing we are looking for because they work based on keywords we put in the search bar and the SEO of the pages that we see on the list fetched for us and the list goes from best to worst SEOs the websites have. Once the search engine fetches us the data, our job doesn't end there because its then our responsibility to find the best thing we are looking for from that search, or maybe do some more research to reach the point we are looking for.

A single search can never bring us the results that we should get, if we are looking for the best Bitcoin wallet, the search will bring us a lot of options, but its our research that will tell us which one is actually the best. For example, if I know that non-custodial wallets are better than custodial wallets, I would know that a wallet shown as no.1 in the list of best wallets is actually not the best Even if it's a custodial wallet too.