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Well, as i wrote i understand that they try to monetize it. But: why the sudden explosion? I feel there is more of these sites going live regularly. Many times
by endofreach 5y ago
Well, as i wrote i understand that they try to monetize it.
But: why the sudden explosion?
I feel there is more of these sites going live regularly.
Many times they make up 80% of the first pages on search results, just repeating the SO threads listed before.
So it‘s really getting difficult.
Something must be done…
- coldpie 5y agoEveryone should install an ad blocker so these types of "businesses" become unprofitable. Installing an ad blocker is the ethical choice.
- bellyfullofbac 5y agoMaybe someone figured out The Google Algorithm (TM/all hail the algorithm...) is allowing source code on dodgy sites, so they've created and marketed to spammers a script/bot to create these kinds of sites (or all the sites just belong to them) to farm that ad money. A bit like how when "hoverboards" got popular, Chinese factories started churning them. And then when fidget spinners happened, same thing: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/how-to-make-millions-of-hoverboards-almost-overnight https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/josephbernstein/how-to-...
- lozenge 5y agoMaybe these sites share some code? If you've already captured 2% of searches with one site, why not capture 1.5+1.5=3% of searches by running two sites.