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Re: New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Search

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Post by ruszki »

Shog9 wrote: post #140
ruszki wrote: post #113

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> So this fall, as I flipped through Michelle Lopez’s new book Weeknight Baking, her recipe for Boxed Mix Brownies, From Scratch caught my eye. Would I finally be able to make homemade brownies that would be just as delicious as the ones from a box? I can’t even fathom how anybody thinks that this is fine on any level (from the mentioned site, the first result about brownies for me, and one of the first few paragraph…

The other advantages of buying a recipe book: - you can take notes in the margins - you can find your favorite recipes quickly because the pages are all stained and wrinkled - you can reward the author for all the time they spent testing and honing those recipes The real depressing thing here is the amount of whining about "wasted time" from folks looking for free cooking instructions on the 'Net. It's almost as bad…

They’re not free, and never were. Tech bros just telling you, that you pay more, if you don’t pay in cash.

Re: New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Search

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Post by rightbyte »

Kerbonut wrote: post #94
pkoird wrote: post #28

I would really love for Google to provide advanced search capabilities or filters to superusers who know EXACTLY what they are searching for. I wouldn't even mind paying for it tbh.

Google has been A/B testing filters. I had it for a single search before it was gone never to be found again.

Oh why ... it is a good idea.

I guess we should be glad that Google make bad product decisions though, to hurt the company.

Re: New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Search

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Post by locuscoeruleus »

browningstreet wrote: post #18
theamk wrote: post #3

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Just opened incognito window and entered "brownie recipe"... the first link is to "Love and Lemons" site which seems pretty good - there is a pretty small introduction, but then there is ingredients list, steps, etc.. top 5 links all look pretty good to me. (At least in web design area... I have no ideas if recipes themselves are tasty or not) Maybe it's a regional thing (I am in the US)? Or your profile is messed up…

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=brownie+recipe&ia=web Returned Love and Lemons first too. Never heard of them, but their SEO must be amazing.

Kagi gave me the same

Re: New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Search

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Post by locuscoeruleus »

Nullabillity wrote: post #106
TheCoelacanth wrote: post #103

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Kagi explicitly promises not to store your history[1] and then takes your money based on that promise. If they do store your history, then they are committing fraud on a grand scale. [1] https://kagi.com/privacy

I see lots of promises, but very little proof. While, again, running a business model that massively increases the inherent risk compared to the competition.

How would you go about proving such a thing?

Re: New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Search

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Post by lordwarnut »

oven9342 wrote: post #150
pkoird wrote: post #28

I would really love for Google to provide advanced search capabilities or filters to superusers who know EXACTLY what they are searching for. I wouldn't even mind paying for it tbh.

I would really love Google to let me ban certain domains like photo banks which feel attacked by Google searches. I’m not paying Google any money though. And $10 a month is over my budget

Might I suggest the plugin uBlacklist. I use it to block a whole bunch of domains from google search that I don't want to see anymore.

Re: New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Search

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Post by NikkiA »

browningstreet wrote: post #18
theamk wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just opened incognito window and entered "brownie recipe"... the first link is to "Love and Lemons" site which seems pretty good - there is a pretty small introduction, but then there is ingredients list, steps, etc.. top 5 links all look pretty good to me. (At least in web design area... I have no ideas if recipes themselves are tasty or not) Maybe it's a regional thing (I am in the US)? Or your profile is messed up…

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=brownie+recipe&ia=web Returned Love and Lemons first too. Never heard of them, but their SEO must be amazing.

I get BBC Good Food as the first response, which is even better.

Re: New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Search

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Post by oven9342 »

lordwarnut wrote: post #155
oven9342 wrote: post #150

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would really love Google to let me ban certain domains like photo banks which feel attacked by Google searches. I’m not paying Google any money though. And $10 a month is over my budget

Might I suggest the plugin uBlacklist. I use it to block a whole bunch of domains from google search that I don't want to see anymore.

You are an angel!

Re: New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Search

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Post by viraptor »

solresol wrote: post #121

The expired domain abuse thing --- that's interesting because finding that signal was one of the few things I got done while I was at Google... in November 2006! And I vaguely remember being told that the fix went into the codebase after I identified that it was happening.

I wonder if this will make a big change. I bought a company domain which I realised after a while had a different meaning before. It's also been linked to from Wikipedia. That means I've been enjoying the old free Google juice for quite a while.

Re: New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Search

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Post by alpaca128 »

wyre wrote: post #33
pkoird wrote: post #28

I would really love for Google to provide advanced search capabilities or filters to superusers who know EXACTLY what they are searching for. I wouldn't even mind paying for it tbh.

Have you checked out Kagi? It’s exactly what you’re looking for and more. They have a blog post on the front page rn about their integration with Wolfram Alpha.

> integration with Wolfram Alpha

That blog post was about the WA founder joining them, I don't remember reading something about integration.

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