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Re: More content by people, for people in Search

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post #31

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And with the possibility of having the measures in metric. Otherwise, it is almost useless for most of the world.

I like how you said "possibility", as if 3/8th of a cup wasn't a good enough measurement.

Lol cant tell if you serious or trying to get my temper up to 75 Farhenheit :p

Re: More content by people, for people in Search

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post #24
post #16

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Google doesn’t write recipes, dedicated and passionate cooks write blogs with recipes in them. I guarantee you that none of them are aiming to provide just a grocery list or instructions, they definitely enjoy writing their story as well. They’re building their own cookbook essentially, not a bunch of lists.

I am sorry, but I believe you are mistaken. Recipe sharing worked one way for all of history until it became profitable to game the search engines by adding story-like content.

This !

Re: More content by people, for people in Search

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I'm cynical Google will be able to truly fix this or even want to. I think Google is part of a cartel; their search funnels people to sites that run ads that often are part of the Google network. Yes, they make a ton from search advertising but also a ton from the greater network. This is really the Mob boss cracking down on underlings who have gone over the line and are collecting too much protection money or are cu…

Many creators have noticed that YouTube's recommendation algorithm is heavily skewed to favor videos with monetization enabled. I wouldn't be surprised if Google Search's algorithm was hard coded to favor websites using AdSense.

Re: More content by people, for people in Search

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post #200

I write novels as a hobby and I publish them on my website. I recently noticed that there are websites that blatantly copy and sell my novels without my permission and are ranked higher than mine. I think it is because Google identifies their pages as the source. If anyone knows how to deal with issues like this, please let me know.

Send DMCA complaints to google

Re: More content by people, for people in Search

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imagine stackoverflow came with a backstory when you googled "javascript http post" ! Same with "best brownies recipe"

@yunohn ? You think ppl searching for 'food blog stories outweighs' the people searching for food recipes? Im honesty asking since. In my mind (i could very well be wrong). I. would think there are more ppl interested in 'how to make Great brownies' , then there are ppl searching for 'the backstory of the great brownie recipe' ? Yet the results i get from my searches are more inline with if i searched for backstory o…

No, I’m saying Google doesn’t make the internet. Content creators want to add their own story and vibe to a simple recipe. You are free to use recipe aggregators that don’t, or make your own content?

Re: More content by people, for people in Search

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post #32

I'm not sure this whole drive towards 'original content' makes sense. It encourages people to make long rambling pages that don't get to the point In fact it seems like Google worked better when wikipedia was almost always the first result on various topics What I mean by rambling is if you type something like "types of oranges" and suddenly land on a page where some dude is clearly just filling up paragraphs for goo…

An AI trained on the body of verified human knowledge that understands natural language could replace a good deal of the googling done by people.

In an ideal world, such an endeavor would be supported by governments all around the world (or a single "Earth government"), with yearly updates to keep up with the state of the art.

Re: More content by people, for people in Search

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post #197

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It’s safe to assume that a social ranking system covering the whole web will be gamed.

Yes, but if it's truly social it won't be easy. There need to be ways to see who did what and filter them out and various groups / spheres of influence. Just like in real life. If it is a hidden algorithmically social function then of course it will be gamed. But IRL there are certain people whose advice and recommendations you value and those whose you ignore. And in other cases you can easily ask the source of othe…

> Yes, but if it's truly social it won't be easy. There need to be ways to see who did what and filter them out and various groups / spheres of influence. Just like in real life.

Appending site:news.ycombinator.com instead of Reddit?

Re: More content by people, for people in Search

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post #32

I'm not sure this whole drive towards 'original content' makes sense. It encourages people to make long rambling pages that don't get to the point In fact it seems like Google worked better when wikipedia was almost always the first result on various topics What I mean by rambling is if you type something like "types of oranges" and suddenly land on a page where some dude is clearly just filling up paragraphs for goo…

yes, yes, and yes!

I've started just closing the tab. I don't give a shit that a certain country planted oranges and it gave them naval superiority, I want to know what types of oranges there are!

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