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The SEO world is up in arms after a story said they're 'ruining the internet.' Here's the spicy drama. (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] [email protected] 125 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Neat. So some of them are nice. Doesn’t make the practice of “optimizing” search a noble deed because some of them think themselves on some high tower. In the end you are trying to push your site above others based on your ability to game the system, rather than relevance of your content. When you do this, I don’t think it’s relevant if you’re a nice person with feelings…