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Making a Blocklist to Remove Spam from Search Engines (popcar.bearblog.dev)

submitted 23 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] shrugs 3 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

The problem with search engines is that they try to be as objective as reasonably possible, which means that they don't pick Website A over Website B just because it has better content. What matters is metrics and being favorable to the algorithm.

I agree, but on the other hand, shouldn't a search engine do exactly that, search for the best content?!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 22 hours ago

You'd think, but it boils down to just showing you the most popular content, even if it's just clickbait and advertisements.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 22 hours ago

and they do it, except that they show the content that's best for the search engine's company.