Popularity and Hype Over Authority and Truth: How Google Search Has Lost Credibility

In this episode of the Wait What Really OK podcast, Loren Weisman, a brand communications and optics strategist, discusses the shift in Google search results from authority and truth to popularity and hype. He examines how this impacts branding, marketing credibility, and digital trust. Learn why relying solely on Google search may not provide credible marketing info or trusted signals for your brand.

Loren shares actionable strategies to navigate the challenges of content credibility and digital reputation. Discover how to evaluate marketing transparency, build brand integrity, and amplify trusted marketing practices. He explains the importance of identifying credible brands and leveraging growth marketing tactics to establish digital trust while avoiding misinformation.


This episode offers insights into creating credible content, strengthening personal brands, and improving market credibility. Loren highlights how trusted signals and digital integrity can enhance your branding efforts while navigating the evolving landscape of search engine reliability.

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The Brand Communications and Optics Podcast Wait What Really OK is a methodical, comical and informational podcast sharing authentic brand messaging, optics approaches & strategies for honorable authority driven businesses. 

Loren Weisman is a Brand Communications and Optics Strategist focused on building truthful, transparent messaging and optics foundations so authoritative experts and organizations can stand out authentically in competitive landscapes. His methodology centers on strategic blueprinting before marketing, aligning brand strategy, messaging refinement, communication optimization, crisis communication and optics, and digital media/marketing strategy to create clear, uniform, and effective presence. His background includes participation on 700+ albums as a drummer and producer, TV production credits with ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and TLC, and authorship of Music Business for Dummies and The Artist’s Guide to Success in the Music Business. More about Loren at https://lorenweisman.com/