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Re:Google search results have more human help than you think... by shadowgovt on Monday November 18, 2019 @10:46AM (#21565176)
Spammers and algorithmic gamers are / were also an existential threat to web search.
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Re:Google search results have more human help than you think... by calibas on Monday November 18, 2019 @11:12AM (#21565415)
Google and SEO are a fundamental issue with the web itself. It's been a while since Google could simply search for websites, but that's no longer possible in the same manner it used to be. Google has become so dominant that the web itself changes to accommodate Google.

Google can no longer be an independent observer, as the act of observation changes the results!

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