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As of anything with SEO, it's all guesses. But in general, the job of SEO's is increasingly being about writing better content and satisfying the user, and les

by petra 8y ago

As of anything with SEO, it's all guesses. But in general, the job of SEO's is increasingly being about writing better content and satisfying the user, and less about "tricks". That's true , at least generally. But when i say better content, better is defined as more engaging, shareable, linkable, clickable. that sort of stuff. This isn't our cup of tea here at HN, but maybe that's what most people go for. Maybe. BTW, my fun pet conspiracy theory(everybody should have one!) , is that somewhere deep in the belly of alphabet, they have a secret search engine built for engineers, that nobody knows it exists, even the engineers(it uses a google theme), and it's the key behind their moonshot empire. :)

paulcole 8y ago
> But when i say better content, better is defined as more engaging, shareable, linkable, clickable. that sort of stuff. This isn't our cup of tea here at HN, but maybe that's what most people go for. Maybe. Are you kidding? Look at the articles posted on HN. MANY are pure marketing or self-promotion pieces designed to be shared on social media like HN, get clicks, and start discussion. It’s funny how HN commenters only call it seo, clickbait, and marketing if they don’t like it lol.
- petra 8y ago
  The articles here aren't that great. that's true. But would you say the same about the comments ? But also, we come here mostly for entertainment. And even in our entertainment we prefer a high-quality discussion. But Google isn't a tool for entertainment. And people here do complain about shitty Google results. And to be fair, they also complain about the declining quality of HN. But still, it's better than the alternative communities, probably.
  - paulcole 8y ago
    No, for the most part I don’t think the comments here are particularly good. Plenty of people who think because they’re paid a lot of money to be computer programmers that they can instantly have genius insights into completely unrelated fields. A good amount of “well actually” when any social issue is discussed. Surprising volume of apologizing for discrimination/racism/sexism/etc. under the guise of “free speech”.
    - petra 8y ago
      Maybe you're right about discussions about social issues. But for me, that's not the reason i come here. I'm more interested in discussion about entrepreneurship and businesses, and some of the commentors are quite good.

by petra 8y ago

paulcole 8y ago

> But when i say better content, better is defined as more engaging, shareable, linkable, clickable. that sort of stuff. This isn't our cup of tea here at HN, but maybe that's what most people go for. Maybe. Are you kidding? Look at the articles posted on HN. MANY are pure marketing or self-promotion pieces designed to be shared on social media like HN, get clicks, and start discussion. It’s funny how HN commenters only call it seo, clickbait, and marketing if they don’t like it lol.

petra 8y ago
The articles here aren't that great. that's true. But would you say the same about the comments ? But also, we come here mostly for entertainment. And even in our entertainment we prefer a high-quality discussion. But Google isn't a tool for entertainment. And people here do complain about shitty Google results. And to be fair, they also complain about the declining quality of HN. But still, it's better than the alternative communities, probably.
- paulcole 8y ago
  No, for the most part I don’t think the comments here are particularly good. Plenty of people who think because they’re paid a lot of money to be computer programmers that they can instantly have genius insights into completely unrelated fields. A good amount of “well actually” when any social issue is discussed. Surprising volume of apologizing for discrimination/racism/sexism/etc. under the guise of “free speech”.
  - petra 8y ago
    Maybe you're right about discussions about social issues. But for me, that's not the reason i come here. I'm more interested in discussion about entrepreneurship and businesses, and some of the commentors are quite good.