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I'm not sure I agree with your example. It seems to me it is the exact same as a "Top ten drinks to drink on a rainy day" list. There's simply too many good alb
by Dah00n 5y ago
I'm not sure I agree with your example. It seems to me it is the exact same as a "Top ten drinks to drink on a rainy day" list. There's simply too many good albums and opinions differ, so a top ten would -just like the drinks- end up being a list of the most popular ones with maybe one the author picks to stir some controversy or discussion. In my opinion the world would be a smarter place if Google ranked all such sites low. Then we might at least get fluff like "Top ten prog rock albums if you love X, hate Y and listen to Z when no one is around" instead.
- dageshi 5y agoGoogle won't rank them low because they actually do serve an important purpose. They're there for people who don't really know what they want specifically, they're looking for an overview. A top 10 gives a digestible overview on some topic, which helps the searcher narrow down what they really want. A "Top 10 albums of all time" post is actually better off going through 10 genres of popular music from the past 50 years and picking the top album (plus mentioning some other top albums in the genre) for each one. That gives the user the overview they're probably looking for, whether those are the top 10 albums of all time or not. It's a case of what the user searched for vs what they actually really want.