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[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 95 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Google search works now? Did they fix it?

[–] onion@feddit.de 58 points 5 months ago (4 children)

It'll get even worse now if SEO people find out how exactly you can game the algorithm

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 34 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Pretty sure that ship sailed years ago.

[–] JWBananas@lemmy.world 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

[Updated 2024] Sailing ship, ships that sail, years-old ships, best vintage ships, top sailing ships, hot local ships in your area

[–] acetanilide@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

And that is just the product title

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

While this data shows what factors Google Search might take into consideration when ordering Search results, it does not reveal what the importance/”weight” of each factor is to the final ranking.

Well, phew.

[–] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 months ago

we absolutely couldn't now run a few experiments and estimate the weights from them. No that's some sorcery.

[–] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 5 months ago

Guess I'll just not use it, it's kind of already ruined with their AI bullshit anyhow.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 5 months ago

i just saw a video where a guy was coaching a small group on how to do this on Reddit.