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Re:To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public by jammygit on Monday July 15, 2019 @09:13PM (#20446724)
I get a lot more seo spam than I used to, but the results are still quite good. I think we should give google some credit for that at least.

Like, a lot more seo spam though.

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Re:To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public by tills13 on Monday July 15, 2019 @09:20PM (#20446758)
People have gotten really good (i.e. it's their full-time job) at "gaming" Google. That's not to say Google is fallible - every search engine is game-able depending on its algorithm - it's just that these people are _very_ clever.
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Re:To Break Google’s Monopoly on Search, Make Its Index Public by ben509 on Monday July 15, 2019 @10:24PM (#20447016)
They don't even need to clever as much as persistent, because of the selection effects.
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