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At this point, we can all just drop SEO [0]. We are writing content for a robot that hides the source of information. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id

At this point, we can all just drop SEO [0]. We are writing content for a robot that hides the source of information. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49665572 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49665572

adtac 22d ago
but you can click the link and reveal the information. what is being hidden? from who?
- brainwad 22d ago
  Like the OP says, it's being hidden form scrapers. Like you I don't see a reason for normal users to be concerned.
  - Dylan16807 22d ago
    Unless I want to see what the link is before clicking. Or copy the link.
    - 1e1a 22d ago
      Or navigate to the link without waiting for however long it takes for Google's redirect endpoint to respond.
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  - googapologist 22d ago
    Why are you defending the ruination of one of the basic principles of hypertext? Why are Google apologists flagging my other comments?
    - vachina 22d ago
      Ask the grifters and bots. If you don’t adapt get ready to get bulldozed.
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    - brainwad 22d ago
      Because Google search isn't a hypertext document, it's a web app that presents dynamic ephemeral content to the user. There's no need for stable hyperlinks, since either you will click them within a few seconds, or they will disappear forever, and it shouldn't be a problem to indirect via Google when clicking them, since you just made a request to Google to get the link in the first place.
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  - drtgh 22d ago
    Google seems to be swimming in hypocrisy, as they develop and use scrapers. PS: I do not understand why people keep using Google search, the results turned biased and mediocre.
mitxela 22d ago
We do GEO now and it's not to make the robot link to us, it's to manipulate what the robot thinks.
- iammrpayments 22d ago
  How do you even measure GEO, sometimes I try searching for my app and sometimes claude recommends my competitor that has 10x less reviews and is objectively worse saying is the most popular.
  - mitxela 22d ago
    To measure it, you could ask it 100 times and see how many times it returns each answer.
user3939382 22d ago
Wait, so what about the keywords in my meta tags?

adtac 22d ago

but you can click the link and reveal the information. what is being hidden? from who?

brainwad 22d ago
Like the OP says, it's being hidden form scrapers. Like you I don't see a reason for normal users to be concerned.
- Dylan16807 22d ago
  Unless I want to see what the link is before clicking. Or copy the link.
  - 1e1a 22d ago
    Or navigate to the link without waiting for however long it takes for Google's redirect endpoint to respond.
  - deleted 22d ago
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- googapologist 22d ago
  Why are you defending the ruination of one of the basic principles of hypertext? Why are Google apologists flagging my other comments?
  - vachina 22d ago
    Ask the grifters and bots. If you don’t adapt get ready to get bulldozed.
    - deleted 22d ago
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  - brainwad 22d ago
    Because Google search isn't a hypertext document, it's a web app that presents dynamic ephemeral content to the user. There's no need for stable hyperlinks, since either you will click them within a few seconds, or they will disappear forever, and it shouldn't be a problem to indirect via Google when clicking them, since you just made a request to Google to get the link in the first place.
    - deleted 22d ago
      [deleted]
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- drtgh 22d ago
  Google seems to be swimming in hypocrisy, as they develop and use scrapers. PS: I do not understand why people keep using Google search, the results turned biased and mediocre.

mitxela 22d ago

We do GEO now and it's not to make the robot link to us, it's to manipulate what the robot thinks.

iammrpayments 22d ago
How do you even measure GEO, sometimes I try searching for my app and sometimes claude recommends my competitor that has 10x less reviews and is objectively worse saying is the most popular.
- mitxela 22d ago
  To measure it, you could ask it 100 times and see how many times it returns each answer.

user3939382 22d ago

Wait, so what about the keywords in my meta tags?