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A comment on Ask HN: Should Yahoo have not followed Google, and grow their curated directory?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: Should Yahoo have not followed Google, and grow t... by dazc on Sunday June 18, 2017 @04:23AM (#14579624)
The problem, I find, is that Google results tend to be OK until there is a commercial intent. Then you just get the biggest advertiser, biggest brand (sometimes 3 links for the same thing) and most seo optimised results.

A human curated alternative would, likely, end the same way as the urge to monetise such a resource would be overwhelming.

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Re:Ask HN: Should Yahoo have not followed Google, and grow t... by AshishGupta93 on Sunday June 18, 2017 @04:38AM (#14579666)
That's all about algorithms and platform rules. Every platform needs ads for monetisation. But, by giving power to humans like in hackernews and reddit we can remove that SEO optimization part. Crowd will get power to like/unlike or promote the content.
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