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That speaks more to the gentrification of search engines and their results rather than the loss of small, independent websites. Once upon a time, I could searc
by Dalewyn 3y ago
That speaks more to the gentrification of search engines and their results rather than the loss of small, independent websites.
Once upon a time, I could search for something on Yahoo or Google and get nothing but those kinds of websites in search results, even when some central repository sites like Wikipedia were starting to take root.
Everything changed when the SEO nation attacked, and nobody expected the social media inquisition.
- varjag 3y agoIt's both. Loss of discoverability leads to ecological collapse of personal website. There's little point when the only reader is destined to be its own author. Period true search methods (webrings, curated indexes, portals and early search engines) are gone and so is the fighting chance for this kind of projects.