Google search works now? Did they fix it?
this post was submitted on 29 May 2024
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It'll get even worse now if SEO people find out how exactly you can game the algorithm
Pretty sure that ship sailed years ago.
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And that is just the product title
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.
we absolutely couldn't now run a few experiments and estimate the weights from them. No that's some sorcery.
Guess I'll just not use it, it's kind of already ruined with their AI bullshit anyhow.
i just saw a video where a guy was coaching a small group on how to do this on Reddit.
"Ignore the most significant search terms and return pinterest spam."
Oh jeebuz how I loathe pinterest in my search results.. "Ah, cool, there's the photo I'm looking for some more info on.." > "Hi, I'm pinterest, you can fuck right off because there's nothing for you here"
Pleeeease tell me it’s a bunch of monkeys typing on the inside
I mean they advertised the LLM.
Of course it's pigeons. We all thought Nikola Tesla was crazy, but he was just ahead of his time with Pigeon Clusters too