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Google confirms the leaked Search documents are real (www.theverge.com)

submitted 5 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] deweydecibel 105 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

I get this is the go-to response now, for good reason, but there isn't really anything too shady going on with this particular case at least not from Google. This is more about them trying to keep SEOs from figuring out how they rank things so they can't pollute the search results even more.

Every comment is shitting on Google but here is the what the SEO expert said about the leak when it was presented to them:

This person’s sole aim appeared quite aligned with my own: to hold Google accountable for public statements that conflict with private conversations and leaked documentation, and to bring greater transparency to the field of search marketing. And they believed that, despite my years removed from SEO, I was the best person to share this publicly.

https://sparktoro.com/blog/an-anonymous-source-shared-thousands-of-leaked-google-search-api-documents-with-me-everyone-in-seo-should-see-them/

Just read through that blog. Look at the absolute indignity these SEO assholes have at the idea that the search engine wouldn't tell them exactly how to fuck it up with their garbage.

This is entirely about advertising. Hell, the leaker revealed their identity, and it's the guy that runs this company:

https://eaeagledigital.com/

Companies like this and the assholes behind them are a cancer on the internet and they have been for a very long time. You cannot point the finger at Google and not also point the finger at them, they are the other half of the shit equation.

[–] SquirrelX 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Next to upvoting, I'm just writing this to potentially get your comment ranked higher for this post.

[–] Jivebunny 1 points 5 months ago

Stuffing this comment with keywords in order to rank his comment higher. Upvoting, writing, ranking.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Oh FFS. Hadn't realized that implication yet. I fucking hate SEO internet polluters.

I suppose on the bright side maybe, between this and the garbage showing from their AI search, they'll actually dedicate the necessary resources to make their search usable.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

As I just noted on another response, mostly it was that I came up with a delicious turn of phrase and couldn't not post it. And yes, while broadly I think that Google deserves every bit of shit that's thrown their way and more - that they could vanish from the face of the Earth tomorrow and the internet could only benefit - this particular incident really isn't a good example.