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Re:How is search so bad? A case study by numpad0 on Sunday January 19, 2020 @02:14PM (#22093280)
What if: SEO consultants aren’t gaming system, but the search and web is being optimized for “measurable immediate economic impact” that is ad revenue at this moment — due to web itself being in-monetizable and unable to generate value.

I don’t like the whole concept of SEO, I don’t like the way the web is today, but I think we should stop and think before resorting to “immoral few is destroying things, we unfuck it reclaim what we deserve” type simplification.

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Re:How is search so bad? A case study by majewsky on Sunday January 19, 2020 @03:33PM (#22093853)
> the search and web is being optimized for “measurable immediate economic impact” that is ad revenue at this moment

So much is obvious. The discussion is about whether there is a less shitty metric.

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