How SEO Ruined the Internet
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How SEO Ruined the Internet
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Re: How SEO Ruined the Internet
#2Is there anything I can do as a user of the web about this? Is there a search engine out there that is better for these things than Google?
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#3I’d argue that having the internet limited to a handful of gatekeepers, all of whom are sustained by ad dollars, is probably far more responsible for ruining the internet.
I find it hard to believe that in a world where Google and Facebook’s users were its customers and not its product, it wouldn’t be able to find a way to combat SEO effectively, especially considering how they are basically hoarding the majority of the smartest people in the world.
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#4Is there anything I can do as a user of the web about this? Is there a search engine out there that is better for these things than Google?
I find it really hard to believe that you don't know any other search engines than goolag and haven't tried them.
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#5I totally agree. Google has become useless for about half my searches. It gives me only the biggest, most commercial or most popular results. Anything obscure is impossible to find.
I'd like to have a search engine where you get only the most obscure, hard-to-find content. One where you can tweak the kind of content you're looking for, or even switch between different modes: am I just looking for the definition of a common but complex term, am I looking for a specific article that I vaguely remember a phrase from, do I want something I've seen before, or am I in the mood to discover new, unexpected things?
Also, I just don't want to see results from some sites. Let me tweak the importance of some sites, rather than relying on Google's gameable algorithms.
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#6Is there anything I can do as a user of the web about this? Is there a search engine out there that is better for these things than Google?
Well, there are other search engines of course, and sometimes they're slightly better. Not great, though.
I'm really itching to start writing my own search engine now.
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#7Is there anything I can do as a user of the web about this? Is there a search engine out there that is better for these things than Google?
This is pertinent and don't think the easy answer is yes, as soon as any other search engine gets big enough the same gaming will occur.
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#8I totally agree. Google has become useless for about half my searches. It gives me only the biggest, most commercial or most popular results. Anything obscure is impossible to find. I'd like to have a search engine where you get only the most obscure, hard-to-find content. One where you can tweak the kind of content you're looking for, or even switch between different modes: am I just looking for the definition of a…
I like playing around with "Million Short" - https://millionshort.com. It's a search engine that lets you logarithmically filter-out the top websites. It isn't perfect, of course, but its a fun way to discover things.
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#9I think Google is to blame for allowing this.
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#10I totally agree. Google has become useless for about half my searches. It gives me only the biggest, most commercial or most popular results. Anything obscure is impossible to find. I'd like to have a search engine where you get only the most obscure, hard-to-find content. One where you can tweak the kind of content you're looking for, or even switch between different modes: am I just looking for the definition of a…
I have another "Google is shit now" anecdote: a few months ago I wanted to look up some trivia for the movie "Lord of War". I entered this term in Google, and since there was a game that was just released, it responded with "Showing you results for 'God of War'". No results on the front page had anything related to the Nic Cage movie.