>I think there was a bit of a difference in quality up until about 15 years ago. Going by those excellent charts[1], there were two distinct "kinks" in intensi

>I think there was a bit of a difference in quality up until about 15 years ago. Going by those excellent charts[1], there were two distinct "kinks" in intensity of change; around 2000 and around 2015. >the internet The best explainer I've seen thus far is that loading articles with keywords improves searchability and readership metrics. My far fetched hypothesis is that it is a side effect of the present form of search - dominated by one vertical that has strayed far, far away from the original Page Rank idea. -- [1] use of progressive keywords in newspapers, a thread https://twitter.com/ZachG932/status/1133441085118853120 https://twitter.com/ZachG932/status/1133441085118853120 [1.1] more terms, NYT https://i.imgur.com/CZfsLsk.jpg https://i.imgur.com/CZfsLsk.jpg