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Although it's true that people who know they want to use Wikivoyage can get around this, people who're searching for something like "travel to Malta" are the on
by kemayo 5y ago
Although it's true that people who know they want to use Wikivoyage can get around this, people who're searching for something like "travel to Malta" are the ones really affected by having the Wikivoyage results elided.
- dylan604 5y agothis is true, but if this was the case, you wouldn't be typing "wikivoyage malta" in the first place.
- kemayo 5y ago...yes, but again, you might be typing "travel to Malta". Wikivoyage being completely scrubbed from the index means it has no chance of helpfully showing up in those results.
- dylan604 5y agobut again, you are missing my point focused on making your point. I understand that this site is suddenly missing some traffic due to whatever reason nefarious or not. That's a given. Only the people using the search phrase "wikivoyage malta" would realize this. The people that search for "travel to Malta" would just get whatever results that are available for whatever reasons those are what is available. Sure, these peple might miss out on some valuable information, or they might not and nobody cares except tech nerds. The world did not stop spining on its axis because of this.
- kymaz 5y agoIf you tell people they're missing out on valuable information and they understand the implications, I'm sure they'll start caring. BRB gonna stare at the sky and check that the stars are still moving as expected :p
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoI googled "Malta travel guide" and the WikiTravel link is on page 3 of the results, the WikiVoyage one is on page 5. I guess this is a very heavy market, and there are a lot of SEO optimized commercial pretty-looking "travel guide" sites (although WikiTravel apparently belongs to that category as well).