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After weeks of criticism on Google's results being spam'ed, it was clear that Google would react on this. The algorithm change was foreseeable. On the other si
by js4all 16y ago
After weeks of criticism on Google's results being spam'ed, it was clear that Google would react on this. The algorithm change was foreseeable.
On the other side this shows the monopolistic power of Google and how they can hurt individual companies like they want.
For us as search engine users, it is time to support other search engines, for instance DuckDuckGo.
- egor83 16y agothis shows the monopolistic power of Google and how they can hurt individual companies Changes like this hurt most if you depend on spam-like SEO. For example, Stack Overflow hasn't lost anything from this recent algorithm change - they actually gained from it.
- matthewlyle 16y agoIf we were to all support another search engine instead, then they'd have the same power. And I'd hope they would do the same thing Google is doing right now.