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> This isn't really anyone's fault in a simple sense Or, in a more simple sense it’s entirely Google’s fault
by cush 2mo ago
> This isn't really anyone's fault in a simple sense
Or, in a more simple sense it’s entirely Google’s fault
- frollogaston 2mo agoGoogle's fault that SEO exists? The incentive isn't even there, they want people to pay for ads rather than gaming their results. But SEO finds a way.
- upboundspiral 2mo agoThe people that have money and time to put into SEO are the people with ads on their websites. I bet a large number of them run Google ads. As such, it is not in Google's best interests to cut them out of search, regardless of how low quality they are. It is well known that Google and SEO have a wink wink / nudge nudge relationship where Google "hides" its search algorythm, and somehow the websites with the most ads get closer to the top every year.
- frollogaston 2mo agoIf this were true, I would expect other search engines to give less SEO'd results, but it's more the opposite case
- cush 2mo agoThey literally control the feedback loop...