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It's pretty obvious that Google et al. do a lot of "custom" filtering like prioritising Wikipedia, removing porn from "obviously non-porn" searches etc. (That "
by semi-extrinsic 10y ago
It's pretty obvious that Google et al. do a lot of "custom" filtering like prioritising Wikipedia, removing porn from "obviously non-porn" searches etc. (That "Berlin" search gives porn as the 8th result.)
- gkst 10y agoI doubt that Google prioritizes Wikipedia deliberately. Wikipedia has tons of backlinks, authority, trust, typically a high text to html ratio, probably a low bounce rate. Moreover, it is fast, works well on mobile and on and on. It's is just a very well done and useful site for users and search engines.
- kowdermeister 10y agoMy thoughts as well. They don't need special treatment to be in the top 3.
- allendoerfer 10y agoWikipedia being ranked high is even an indicator for SEOs that an affiliate niche is not very competitive.