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I am honestly baffled at why anyone uses medium, I just flatly refuse. Their stance on binding arbitration, and that in any disturbed claims that I agree to pay

I am honestly baffled at why anyone uses medium, I just flatly refuse. Their stance on binding arbitration, and that in any disturbed claims that I agree to pay for the legal defense but give them total control over the defense. These terms are growing ever more common, and I certainly use services with similar terms. But I mean this is a fucking blog site, it take very little time and effort to throw up a WordPress site. their demands for this service, far out way its value, at least to me anyway. I think people have gotten far too dependent on sell your soul for bread crumb services.

tudorconstantin 6y ago
It's probably because of the good SEO the articles written there get: I published a project on GitHub, then an article on my personal blog about it (with a back link from the repo itself), then an intro article on medium with a link to repo and a "read more" toward my blog post. Then I submitted the GH repo and/or my blog post to some reddit threads. Now, guess what: when googling for _the knests stack_ in the first few weeks, the top result was the preview article from medium. Even now, it's the second result, showing up above reddit or my blog post.
- tonyedgecombe 6y ago
  If you hadn't posted the preview on Medium it wouldn't get any SEO. Your problem is of your own making.
- giantrobot 6y ago
  A link's position in a Google search is basically a worthless measure anymore. Every Google user ends up microtargeted such that the ordering of results or even which results are displayed is rarely consistent.
  - quickthrower2 6y ago
    Use Google Search Console and the data there is far from worthless. Average position, impressions and clicks for all the keywords visiting your site.
    - giantrobot 6y ago
      The GP didn't reference Google Search Console. They mentioned their site's position on their microtargeted search results. Which is a worthless metric since it won't be the same depending on a user's preferences, history, or location. It may be that their site averages as the top hit for a term but that's not the same as saying it's the top or second hit. They're making claims about Medium's SEO chops with a metric that doesn't back up the claim.

tudorconstantin 6y ago

It's probably because of the good SEO the articles written there get: I published a project on GitHub, then an article on my personal blog about it (with a back link from the repo itself), then an intro article on medium with a link to repo and a "read more" toward my blog post. Then I submitted the GH repo and/or my blog post to some reddit threads. Now, guess what: when googling for _the knests stack_ in the first few weeks, the top result was the preview article from medium. Even now, it's the second result, showing up above reddit or my blog post.

tonyedgecombe 6y ago
If you hadn't posted the preview on Medium it wouldn't get any SEO. Your problem is of your own making.
giantrobot 6y ago
A link's position in a Google search is basically a worthless measure anymore. Every Google user ends up microtargeted such that the ordering of results or even which results are displayed is rarely consistent.
- quickthrower2 6y ago
  Use Google Search Console and the data there is far from worthless. Average position, impressions and clicks for all the keywords visiting your site.
  - giantrobot 6y ago
    The GP didn't reference Google Search Console. They mentioned their site's position on their microtargeted search results. Which is a worthless metric since it won't be the same depending on a user's preferences, history, or location. It may be that their site averages as the top hit for a term but that's not the same as saying it's the top or second hit. They're making claims about Medium's SEO chops with a metric that doesn't back up the claim.