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Google takes aim at SEO-optimized junk pages and spam with new search update (techcrunch.com)

submitted 8 months ago by Aurelius@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 94 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I hope they figure this out, cause the search results are depressing.

[–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 54 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately it’s never-ending cat and mouse battle. The whole point of SEO is to game the search engines systems, so the spammers will now be adjusting their tactics.

I don’t think it’s just SEO that’s the problem with Google search either. They seem to put too much weight on e-commerce over information.

[–] tyler@programming.dev 39 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Kagi and sealngx figured it out just fine. Turns out if your goal isn’t to show advertisements then it’s not that hard of a problem.

[–] hannes3120@feddit.de 30 points 8 months ago

Those are just insignificant compared to Google so noone is even trying to game them.

That's actually one of the reasons why I use kagi but saying that they figured it out is just wrong

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

sealngx

do you mean SearXNG?

[–] tyler@programming.dev 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah. It’s well past my bedtime. I shouldn’t be online

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 8 months ago

I hope you're asleep now.

[–] gapbetweenus@feddit.de 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Or SEO is focused on gaming google.

[–] Fermion@mander.xyz 26 points 8 months ago

There's something else wrong besides just excessive SEO. The other day I was trying to find a battery controller for a diy battery pack. I searched "rechargeable battery controller." Every result on the first page was rechargeable battery packs for Xbox controllers. I understand how there could be a strong correlation, but it was every result being for Xbox controllers. So my conclusion is that Google search is doing more than correlating occurrence of search terms now. I think they're running some sort of ai to guess what you intend to search based on what you typed then showing results based on that. So their system decided I was looking for a battery for an Xbox controller and showed only results for that search rather than a search of what I actually typed.

[–] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 3 points 8 months ago

Honestly, i hope they don’t.

We don't need google (or any tech giant) where the internet of humans is going.