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The SO strategy from the start was SEO driven, specifically so Google would pick up SO content. It worked like a charm. Sites before them were closed to Google
by toddh 8y ago
The SO strategy from the start was SEO driven, specifically so Google would pick up SO content. It worked like a charm. Sites before them were closed to Google or hid answers, so it was an important strategy and key differentiator.
Maybe today you go directly to SO to search like you go directly to Amazon for product search, but at the time being open and leveraging Google was genius.
- gonational 8y agoI mean, stating “Google will index our answers! We should avoid duplicate content.” is about as transcendent as calling “select the best answer” a form of “gamification”. Again, stack overflow is just a better UX for the already proven Q&A model that’s worked for ages.
- toddh 8y agoEasy to say in hindsight. But that's not how it worked previously.