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I do not blame Google for web’s current wasteland landscape, I blame ads and all the grifters who poison the landscape with SEO waste to try make some bucks wit

by n_ary 2y ago

I do not blame Google for web’s current wasteland landscape, I blame ads and all the grifters who poison the landscape with SEO waste to try make some bucks with ads or other similar means.

tourmalinetaco 2y ago
Google is an ad company that specifically lets SEO fill up its search results because those websites make them the most money per click. If Google continued to fight SEO abuse like they were literally founded to do then we wouldn’t be in this mess.
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ainiriand 2y ago
It really is Google's fault. Those blogs SEO goals are only targeting top Google positions.
rkharsan64 2y ago
There's several examples where Google's SEO has actively made things worse, even before you look at ads. And to be clear, I do agree that advertising has also done massive damage to the web. All the long, rambling stories you see before recipes? That's just there so the recipes can rank higher. I can't remember the source, but I also remember a website adding AI generated slop to cater to Google's wishes, and leaving a page to explain to normal users why they did so. It's also seen when you look at YouTube videos, where now it's basically necessary to have a clickbait thumbnail + title + reminders to like and subscribe.