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Wow a web page that appeared the second I pressed the link, I guess he practices what he preaches.

by chinabot 4y ago

doliveira 4y ago
Yes, it's sad how we've come to get impressed by this
- MrDunham 4y ago
  Sadly it’s likely to only get worse. Google‘s new "helpful content" updates have the SEO world in a frenetic search for unique images, videos, etc. to stuff into articles. If I remember right Google even states that it prefers to see those in content and articles… Further exacerbating the challenge of creating helpful content that loads quickly if you ever want it to get seen
  - exodust 4y ago
    I had to look up what you meant and found Google's blog post: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2022/08/helpful-content-update https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2022/08/helpful-co... Good to hear. But whether Google can achieve it is another thing. Quotes I like: "content created primarily for search engine traffic is strongly correlated with content that searchers find unsatisfying." No shit! I hope some of the websites I've worked on get signaled up the rear end! I've warned site owners not to use too much SEO content, but the forces of copy-cat SEO tactics are stronger than individual developer advice. "Are you writing to a particular word count because you've heard or read that Google has a preferred word count? (No, we don't)." I wish Google had been more plain speaking in the past about this. Better late than never I suppose.
scottmf 4y ago
I just went to theguardian.com and it opened immediately. This kilobyte fetishism on here is ridiculous.
- xigoi 4y ago
  Great, now go to Developer Tools and enable throttling.
  - scottmf 4y ago
    Sure, I’ll also go ahead and find the oldest possible version of Firefox compatible with my operating system, open several hundred tabs, and probably just unplug my router too while I’m at it
    - xigoi 4y ago
      Having an old browser and many tabs is the user's fault. Slow internet connection, not so much.
donohoe 4y ago
Out of curiosity, would love to know your perception of load time for this article (Disclaimer: I worked on optimizing this story template awhile back) https://restofworld.org/2022/right-wing-osint-propaganda-in-india/ https://restofworld.org/2022/right-wing-osint-propaganda-in-... It’s by no means 14kb but represents trade offs on performance and design.

Wow a web page that appeared the second I pressed the link, I guess he practices what he preaches.

doliveira 4y ago

Yes, it's sad how we've come to get impressed by this

MrDunham 4y ago
Sadly it’s likely to only get worse. Google‘s new "helpful content" updates have the SEO world in a frenetic search for unique images, videos, etc. to stuff into articles. If I remember right Google even states that it prefers to see those in content and articles… Further exacerbating the challenge of creating helpful content that loads quickly if you ever want it to get seen
- exodust 4y ago
  I had to look up what you meant and found Google's blog post: https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2022/08/helpful-content-update https://developers.google.com/search/blog/2022/08/helpful-co... Good to hear. But whether Google can achieve it is another thing. Quotes I like: "content created primarily for search engine traffic is strongly correlated with content that searchers find unsatisfying." No shit! I hope some of the websites I've worked on get signaled up the rear end! I've warned site owners not to use too much SEO content, but the forces of copy-cat SEO tactics are stronger than individual developer advice. "Are you writing to a particular word count because you've heard or read that Google has a preferred word count? (No, we don't)." I wish Google had been more plain speaking in the past about this. Better late than never I suppose.

scottmf 4y ago

I just went to theguardian.com and it opened immediately. This kilobyte fetishism on here is ridiculous.

xigoi 4y ago
Great, now go to Developer Tools and enable throttling.
- scottmf 4y ago
  Sure, I’ll also go ahead and find the oldest possible version of Firefox compatible with my operating system, open several hundred tabs, and probably just unplug my router too while I’m at it
  - xigoi 4y ago
    Having an old browser and many tabs is the user's fault. Slow internet connection, not so much.

donohoe 4y ago

Out of curiosity, would love to know your perception of load time for this article (Disclaimer: I worked on optimizing this story template awhile back) https://restofworld.org/2022/right-wing-osint-propaganda-in-india/ https://restofworld.org/2022/right-wing-osint-propaganda-in-... It’s by no means 14kb but represents trade offs on performance and design.