The Web Is A Mess

#1

Post by gliese1337 » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 9:24 PM UTC

The Web Is A Mess
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Re: The Web Is A Mess

#2

Post by unimpressive » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 9:48 PM UTC

One innovative "solution" is millionshort:

http://millionshort.com/

Basically the idea is that you take sites that perform too well on search metrics and remove them. Of course, that only works as long as a majority uses services like google.

Re: The Web Is A Mess

#3

Post by mkr-hn » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 9:49 PM UTC

unimpressive wrote: post #2

One innovative "solution" is millionshort: http://millionshort.com/ Basically the idea is that you take sites that perform too well on search metrics and remove them. Of course, that only works as long as a majority uses services like google.

I remember seeing this on HN a while back. It looks much more polished now.

Re: The Web Is A Mess

#4

Post by unimpressive » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 9:51 PM UTC

mkr-hn wrote: post #3

unimpressive wrote: post #2

One innovative "solution" is millionshort: http://millionshort.com/ Basically the idea is that you take sites that perform too well on search metrics and remove them. Of course, that only works as long as a majority uses services like google.

I remember seeing this on HN a while back. It looks much more polished now.

I couldn't find it by searching, but I remember it being demoed on HN by the author.

Re: The Web Is A Mess

#5

Post by mkr-hn » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 9:53 PM UTC

unimpressive wrote: post #4

mkr-hn wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I remember seeing this on HN a while back. It looks much more polished now.

I couldn't find it by searching, but I remember it being demoed on HN by the author.

http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/submissions&q=mil...

HN's search won't return results with a domain if you don't put the TLD in. Not sure why.

Re: The Web Is A Mess

#6

Post by zwieback » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 9:55 PM UTC

"You remember way back in the early ’00s when your favorite blogs posted a few times a day at most, had a handful of great writers, and were a joy to read."

I fondly remember the golden days of Usenet. Eternal September was nothing compared to the devastation caused by blogs and twitter.

Re: The Web Is A Mess

#7

Post by zalew » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 9:57 PM UTC

true blogs are dead (yes, scotsman). I sometimes miss the old internet. now get off my lawn.

ironically, OP's blog's purpose is also to sell ads and ebooks. In the early 00s he's talking about, people blogged just because they felt like it and didn't complain about monetizing strategies. techcrunch? what techcrunch? 2005 is not 2000.

Re: The Web Is A Mess

#8

Post by Detrus » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 10:01 PM UTC

Why would banning content farms draw the eye of regulators when the content farms are gaming the search engines?

Because search engines fell asleep at the wheel and now content farms are a sizable chunk of the economy?

And they can always release some features like curated/customized search to weasel around any regulation dangers. Maybe search engines just don't care about the health of the web.

Re: The Web Is A Mess

#9

Post by Luyt » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 10:05 PM UTC

zwieback wrote: post #6

"You remember way back in the early ’00s when your favorite blogs posted a few times a day at most, had a handful of great writers, and were a joy to read." I fondly remember the golden days of Usenet. Eternal September was nothing compared to the devastation caused by blogs and twitter.

Yup, and your files you got via FTP. You searched for them using Archie. There was no web; but there was Gopher, and Veronica was the search engine for Gopherspace.

Instead of Twittering, everybody was chatting on IRC. And the internet wasn't corrupted by commercials yet, as the Web is today.

Re: The Web Is A Mess

#10

Post by guimarin » Tue, Oct 30, 2012, 10:08 PM UTC

sounds like a plug for using blekko's slashtag system. You could always create your own, and then never have to see techcrunch/other spammy blogs ever again.