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If this search engine ever takes off, the listicle writers will just start optimizing for it too, right?
by acchow 5y ago
If this search engine ever takes off, the listicle writers will just start optimizing for it too, right?
- dotancohen 5y agoMission accomplished, then.
- acchow 5y agoIf the goal was to remove modern web design, ok sure mission accomplished. If your goal was to create a search engine that ignored listicles and other fluff and instead got you meatier results like "academic talks" and such, then no.
- dotancohen 5y agoWhen a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law