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I don't think the problem, in general, is that no good results exist for any given query, more often the problem is that the good results are rarely well search
by marginalia_nu 3y ago
I don't think the problem, in general, is that no good results exist for any given query, more often the problem is that the good results are rarely well search engine optimized, and thus stand zero chance of making the search results.
Some people admittedly expect pretty weird websites to exist. Like who would even publish a good objective comparison between products in a specific category. But people make those queries looking for those types of results, and spammers generate such content to make bucks off the traffic. 20 years ago you'd have gotten nothing in most cases.
- mgaunard 3y agoThere are a lot of people that genuinely make comparisons of specialty products.
- marginalia_nu 3y agoThat sort of stuff is typically marketing.
- mgaunard 3y agoOr simply just passionate people talking about a niche. Consider coffee. You'll find hundreds of articles comparing the most high-end grinders. You even have PhDs writing white papers on the physics of coffee and how particle size distribution achieved by different grinders affects extraction quality. Those are genuine opinions from aficionados. The same is true for all kinds of other things. The internet has a lot more than the auto-generated marketing crap you give it credit for.
- marginalia_nu 3y agoThis is true for things that are related to a hobby. There are many things where it basically doesn't exist. Nobody is writing articles comparing server colocation offerings near ${YOUR_CITY}, yet people search for them expecting them to exist.
- mgaunard 3y agoThat's not true, there are plenty of articles discussing these sorts of topics written by actual people. Sniper in mahwah for example will discuss some of this for example from an HFT angle.
- marginalia_nu 3y agoSuch people exist in every city around the world?
- mgaunard 3y agoFinance markets are spread throughout the world and people spend a fair amount of money building efficient networks to route data between them faster than the competition, yes.
- marginalia_nu 3y agoDude, there are fewer markets with a flash boys scene than there are cities in Kansas.