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At least part is probably due to the main news stories that were happening on 1/24/2025. That was the day that ICE started their "Nationwide Deportation Operat
by araes 2y ago
At least part is probably due to the main news stories that were happening on 1/24/2025. That was the day that ICE started their "Nationwide Deportation Operation" on immigrants and it was the same day that a judge blocked the order for ending "Birthright Citizenship." Here's the summaries from Democracy Now and NYTimes.
Democracy Now: https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/24/headlines https://www.democracynow.org/2025/1/24/headlines
NyTimes: https://www.nytimes.com/issue/todayspaper/2025/01/24/todays-new-york-times https://www.nytimes.com/issue/todayspaper/2025/01/24/todays-...
Whether it was the SEO folks changing stories to jump to the top of results based on the news, or whether it was the administration trying to get PR support for the activity, it was likely a response.
At least from a personal perspective, there's a chance that it's not especially "nefarious" on the part of the administration, and that it's mostly SEO folks just changing content to try to manipulate search results and jump themselves back into relevance.
- Geeek 2y agoSEO folks working for whom?