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That would be entirely impractical. Search engines heavily rely on obscurity to fight SEO and spam in general.
by lucian1900 10y ago
That would be entirely impractical.
Search engines heavily rely on obscurity to fight SEO and spam in general.
- matt4077 10y agoSo that argument is ok to protect the integrity of your SERPS, but people get all red in the face when it's used for safekeeping the nuclear launch codes?
- jasode 10y agoI don't believe gp was talking about security by obscurity[1] and it would be wrong to frame it that way. Instead, it's ranking and weighting by obscurity and it's a valid position to prevent gaming by bad actors. Statistical weighting is not the same topic as security such as closed-source cryptography. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_through_obscurity
- reacweb 10y agoMaybe SPAM should be fought more seriously.