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I'm not sure why Google hasn't straight up blackholed them. Consider the situation with the Warcraft Wiki: 1) Started in 2004 as independent "WoWWiki", then "m
by stefan_ 2y ago
I'm not sure why Google hasn't straight up blackholed them. Consider the situation with the Warcraft Wiki:
1) Started in 2004 as independent "WoWWiki", then "moved" in 2007 to Wikia aka Fandom
2) Forked in 2010 due to Fandoms blatant disregard to Wowpedia, under Curse
3) Fandom acquires the Wiki part of Curse and with it Wowpedia in 2018
4) Forked in 2023 as Fandom made the site practically unusable
The biggest fuck you of it all? They continued hosting WoWWiki all this time for the sweet SEO, even if it hasn't been relevant for decades. Even when they started owning the new version in 2018, they would not disable the old one - you know, it was still ranking in that Google algorithm!
For all these years, there has been a single correct choice for what link to show a Google user searching for relevant content. And yet going on 20 years Google doesn't manage to do it, instead rewarding these utter dickheads.
- owisd 2y agoGoogle is an ad company, listed on Fandom's GDPR notice, they're not going to block a site that is sending them a ton of user data in favour of the official wiki that isn't.
- mostlysimilar 2y agoGoogle isn't on our side. Google is the bad guy as much as Fandom is. They both ruthlessly extract wealth with no regard for users.