Paying for #Kagi search instead of using the "free" #Google search would now seem like a bargain for Elvira Schadlow, don't you think?
It cost her $11,000 because she picked the first search result, the one Google was paid to prefer over the hotel's official site.
Have you ever been fooled by a Google search result?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/travel/travel-scams-airlines-hotels.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aVA.hmRD.LzbZIcJU3rhu
It cost her $11,000 because she picked the first search result, the one Google was paid to prefer over the hotel's official site.
Have you ever been fooled by a Google search result?
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/travel/travel-scams-airlines-hotels.html?unlocked_article_code=1.aVA.hmRD.LzbZIcJU3rhu
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