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This post doesnt seem frontpage worthy, but I'll join in on the google bashing whenever I have a chance. The other day I tried to google search 4chan, imgur an
by hospitalJail 3y ago
This post doesnt seem frontpage worthy, but I'll join in on the google bashing whenever I have a chance.
The other day I tried to google search 4chan, imgur and reddit came up before 4chan. heck 4chan wasnt even on the first page...
On a similar note, they are trying their best to hide wikipedia, now I have to specifically mention wiki most of the time.
I have the best website for a specific thing, I do well in quite a few SEO searches. However, the generic term, (which I'm still the best in), I am nowhere to be found. Blogspam and lower quality advice are all over the first 2 pages. Heck, there is actually terrible advice in the first 2 pages, like dis/misinformation.
The other day I was searching something I knew existed, I knew the page, and google would not give me the page. Ended up typing in the website.
Whatever is going on at google is in the major red flag territory. We need to perma fork android, we need to get off chromimum, find an alternative to Pixel. We are near the end times of google, they are going to be AOL taking advantage of old people and those who refuse to change their ways.
- hackerbeat 3y ago> I have the best website for a specific thing, I do well in quite a few SEO searches. However, the generic term, (which I'm still the best in), I am nowhere to be found. Can confirm. Same for me.
- jamesash 3y agoSimilar situation here.
- stevenicr 3y agoI've written many times that the consistent censoring results makes it ripe for competition. I firmly believe that many of the algorithm changes for choosing results are based upon ideology, and a desire to push commercial things down below the first page as a money grab forcing people to pay the ppc auction extortion. Which means worse results for most searches beyond 'local shop open / phone number' - google, the new yellow pages. New smaller, niche engines; less censored, more federated is what I'm looking forward to.