You know, I don't think any of this matters so much at all now, because I recently realized that SEO has totally destroyed some 90% of the technical utility tha

You know, I don't think any of this matters so much at all now, because I recently realized that SEO has totally destroyed some 90% of the technical utility that Google once had. There was a time when one could ask meaningful questions and see links to useful websites like hyperphysics, engineering toolbox, and others. Now, even if you're lucky enough that Google recognizes the technical nature of your question, you still end up with a page full of ads, commercial websites, blogs, and unrelated garbage on the first page[1]. Remember when if it wasn't on the first page it probably didn't exist? I only lament that I have no way to compare modern and legacy Google search functionality to prove the decline I've noticed for years. Even the way we search has changed, as Google seems to have normalized asking full questions instead of just searching for keywords. The internet seems to be regressing. This is just one of many fronts. Of course Google is only partly to blame. Users and their obliviousness to harmful commercialization are also a part of the problem. 1. Unless you're asking a coding related question, in which case Google is still great for directing you to the correct stack overflow question.