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A glitch in the SEO matrix

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Re: A glitch in the SEO matrix

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Post by eyelidlessness »

codegeek wrote: post #4

You either play the Organic SEO game or you Pay to Play (Ads). Google as a search engine is now useless when it comes to searching for a tool/software etc because everyone has gamed the "Best software for xyz" etc. But what's the alternative ? None. There are these "review" websites like Capterra/Software Advice/G2 and again you have to pay to play. You can technically get a review from a customer and get listed BUT…

> But what's the alternative ? None.

And gob help you if you dare search for alternative to _____.

Re: A glitch in the SEO matrix

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Post by the_snooze »

jrmg wrote: post #10

It wasn't written to answer someone's question or satisfy their search intent. It was just written to rank. Anyone who’s searched for reviews or tech questions recently has experienced this. And it’s slowly eating everything. The web is turning into nothing but potemkin content.

It's all parasitic bots on the surface stealing content and generating sludge. Humans find shelter underground in un-indexable private chats.

Re: A glitch in the SEO matrix

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Post by tough »

eyelidlessness wrote: post #11
codegeek wrote: post #4

You either play the Organic SEO game or you Pay to Play (Ads). Google as a search engine is now useless when it comes to searching for a tool/software etc because everyone has gamed the "Best software for xyz" etc. But what's the alternative ? None. There are these "review" websites like Capterra/Software Advice/G2 and again you have to pay to play. You can technically get a review from a customer and get listed BUT…

> But what's the alternative ? None. And gob help you if you dare search for alternative to _____ .

That page is certainly useful to find alternatives , I like I can filter by FOSS

Re: A glitch in the SEO matrix

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Post by nomel »

boxed wrote: post #13

Meanwhile on Kagi: The first five results for me was this SEO spam. I went in and blocked those domains. Now it's all good stuff again.

I remember how quickly Google removed the ability to block domains, once they added it. I think that was the peak of its usability.

Re: A glitch in the SEO matrix

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Post by the8472 »

codegeek wrote: post #4

You either play the Organic SEO game or you Pay to Play (Ads). Google as a search engine is now useless when it comes to searching for a tool/software etc because everyone has gamed the "Best software for xyz" etc. But what's the alternative ? None. There are these "review" websites like Capterra/Software Advice/G2 and again you have to pay to play. You can technically get a review from a customer and get listed BUT…

> But what's the alternative ?

Since ads are a red queen's race, wasting people's attention and assuming we don't want to outright ban them then the next best alternative is to tax them heavily. How about 0.00001 cent per pixel-second-view?

Then people will only put up ads when there's some real value in it, not just to keep up with the competition.

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