On a thread about a week ago another commenter also pointed out that some of the best content on the web is in (free) sites maintained by hobbyists, on some spe

On a thread about a week ago another commenter also pointed out that some of the best content on the web is in (free) sites maintained by hobbyists, on some specialized topic or other, and that this content is more often than not difficult to find because it doesn't SEO well. (Which should be a strong indicator that Google's SEO algorithm is wildly broken from a user's point of view. But at this point, Google, the de-facto search and web advertisement monopoly, has no incentive to prioritize quality content, and every incentive to prioritize content that brings them ad revenue. Which garbage content, presented poorly, is great at doing.) Some days I long for DMOZ…