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> The internet was still great ... until around the time we got Google. Correlation but not necessarily causation.
by JustSomeNobody 11y ago
> The internet was still great ... until around the time we got Google.
Correlation but not necessarily causation.
- coldtea 11y agoI wasn't going for causation (or even correlation). Just to convey the general time frame.
- romaniv 11y agoYou have to admit that after establishing its dominance Google started to dictate its own rules for web design, rather than adapting to the pages people already had. Google's algorithm that places incoming links above anything else for relevance is singlehandedly responsible for forum spambots, fake websites, and the dynamic where new websites have no chance to compete with something established, unless they run some kind of marketing campaign to "seed" the links.