I particularly like how the search result order now is efreedom, followed by StackOverflow, followed by this very post .
Wow, that was fast. I didn't realize HN used hackerne.ws. I've always used news.ycombinator.
Neither did I. Thanks :)
Stackoverflow getting killed by SEO spam. Google?
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Re: Stackoverflow getting killed by SEO spam. Google?
#12I also dont see problem there. I think it's SEO problem of StackOverflow
Re: Stackoverflow getting killed by SEO spam. Google?
#13The efreedom page contains more mentions of your search phrase "remove exif" than the StackOverflow page, with more links to relevant related questions than SO had. It's the more relevant result. It's also not spam, all the content they've assembled is completely legally used and well presented. You're not brought to a malicious site or tricked into clicking any ads, you get the questions and answers you were looking…
What about content duplication?
Excerpt from the Google Webmaster Central Blog[1]: "There are some penalties that are related to the idea of having the same content as another site—for example, if you're scraping content from other sites and republishing it, or if you republish content without adding any additional value. These tactics are clearly outlined (and discouraged) in our Webmaster Guidelines:"
[1] http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2008/09/demystify...
Re: Stackoverflow getting killed by SEO spam. Google?
#14"This question and answers originated from stackoverflow.com"; no ads. Not very spammy.
I see AdSense right above that line; are you sure you don't have ads/scripts blocked?
The site is actually a little bloated with AdSense, making it hard to distinguish between content and adverts.
Re: Stackoverflow getting killed by SEO spam. Google?
#15I particularly like how the search result order now is efreedom, followed by StackOverflow, followed by this very post .
Wow, that was fast. I didn't realize HN used hackerne.ws. I've always used news.ycombinator.
Be warned: it doesn't appear to be the same server. I'm logged into news.ycombinator, but I'm not currently logged in to hackerne.ws. I can only assume it's a different server mirroring it, and unless I know it's run by the same people I'm not willing to type my password into the latter.
Re: Stackoverflow getting killed by SEO spam. Google?
#16Side note: If you're on Chrome there's an extension that will auto-redirect you to SO if you click an efreedom (or similar) link https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gledhololmniapejef...
FWIW: I created an AppEngine-based webapp (http://www.gnaught.com) to keep track of blacklisted domains and uses Google's "-site:" options in the search query. It was a weekend-project to learn about AppEngine and Python.
Re: Stackoverflow getting killed by SEO spam. Google?
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Wow, that was fast. I didn't realize HN used hackerne.ws. I've always used news.ycombinator.
Be warned: it doesn't appear to be the same server. I'm logged into news.ycombinator, but I'm not currently logged in to hackerne.ws. I can only assume it's a different server mirroring it, and unless I know it's run by the same people I'm not willing to type my password into the latter.
It's been around for a long time, and was accompanied by a message from the guy who registered it:
Re: Stackoverflow getting killed by SEO spam. Google?
#18DuckDuckGo.com returns the Stack Overflow article as the first search result for your query, and doesn't return the spam page at all. Instead of complaining about Google, why not use a better search engine?