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I have a relatively uncommon name. Way back in the beginning Google thought I was an 18th century English criminal. Then for a while in the 2010s I gave a shit
by yosito 2y ago
I have a relatively uncommon name. Way back in the beginning Google thought I was an 18th century English criminal. Then for a while in the 2010s I gave a shit about SEO and got my own website ranked first for my name. Then I quit caring and last time I checked, Google thinks I'm an 18th century criminal again.
- CRConrad 2y agoThat's the same fallacy as the author of the article: No, Google doesnt “think you are an 18th century English criminal”, any more than it thinks the author “was a dead physicist”. It knows that he, the 18th century English criminal, was an 18th century English criminal. Just like it knows that the other guy, the dead physicist, was a dead physicist. It isnt talking about you (or the OP author); it's not as if you two are the only ones ever to bear your names.