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Re:Tell HN: Google should drop Quora from search results by rdlecler1 on Sunday November 24, 2019 @02:24PM (#21622646)
I can’t upvote this enough. It’s deeply spammy.
Re:Tell HN: Google should drop Quora from search results by extropy on Sunday November 24, 2019 @03:16PM (#21623033)
Pinterest is already deeply demoted. I'm using Pinterest results as a sign that there is literally nothing else that matches my search.
Re:Tell HN: Google should drop Quora from search results by seminatl on Sunday November 24, 2019 @04:01PM (#21623377)
Part of search quality is serving nothing when there are no results. Putting a bunch of irrelevant Pinterest pages in the results, just because there are no good results, isn’t good for users.
Re:Tell HN: Google should drop Quora from search results by Wowfunhappy on Sunday November 24, 2019 @04:27PM (#21623543)
I don't agree. I may be desperate for a result in some situations. If there's a small chance there's something useful out there, I still want to see it. I get to decide whether it's worth my time to look.
Re:Tell HN: Google should drop Quora from search results by joshvm on Sunday November 24, 2019 @07:45PM (#21624603)
The problem with Pinterest is that often the image looks exactly like what you want - eg search for diy furniture plans and a lot of links are Pinterest. That image came from a source somewhere, but Pinterest has better SEO than the source.