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Google is gamed like crazy. Especially by sites like Tripadvisor, Skyscanner, etc. Whenever I make a search for something like 'flights from la paz to new york'
by ashray 14y ago
Google is gamed like crazy. Especially by sites like Tripadvisor, Skyscanner, etc. Whenever I make a search for something like 'flights from la paz to new york' - all I get is some landing pages.
Tripadvisors gaming is even worse. When I search for 'restaurants in place_x' I get results from every tripadvisor site, like tripadvisor.com, tripadvisor.es, tripadvisor.in and more.. the results are duplicates!
The quality of google results in certain niches is very very poor. I haven't found that bing is better though. =/ It's just amazing that they haven't been able to make considerable improvements to this with the amount of money they have. I guess that's the problem with lack of competition.
- nsns 14y agoVideo search is even worse - see this search result, offering endless pages of the exact same video: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22CHASTE+DANCING%22&hl=en&safe=off&channel=fflb&tbm=vid#q=%22CHASTE+DANCING%22&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&tbm=vid https://www.google.com/search?q=%22CHASTE+DANCING%22&hl=...
- chmodd 14y agoExactly. Most people think that SEO spam is something that is only done by shady eastern european viagra-selling rings. In reality, the worst offenders are multi-billion dollar companies which capitalize on the strength of their domains to bloat the index with countless pages of keyword-rich fluff.