How is search so bad? A case study

Re:How is search so bad? A case study by DenisM on Sunday January 19, 2020 @06:18PM (#22094834)

I'm in the US and Google does not display zachvorhies.com when searching for "zachvorhies.com".

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Re:How is search so bad? A case study by CriticalCathed on Sunday January 19, 2020 @06:29PM (#22094908)

Does for me. USA.

[0] https://i.imgur.com/S2rPywz.png

Also, is this guy a Q follower or something? The favicon is a Q.

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Re:How is search so bad? A case study by leereeves on Sunday January 19, 2020 @07:43PM (#22095271)

> Also, is this guy a Q follower or something? The favicon is a Q.

Actually the favicon is a headshot.

https://www.zachvorhies.com/favicon.ico

And that's also the icon in the page source:

<link rel=”shortcut icon” href="favicon.ico" type=”image/x-icon” />

I wonder why Google shows a Q.

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Re:How is search so bad? A case study by dorgo on Monday January 20, 2020 @01:59AM (#22096892)

> I wonder why Google shows a Q

A placeholder used if the algorithm thinks the favicon is not appropriate for some reason.

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Re:How is search so bad? A case study by erklik on Sunday January 19, 2020 @06:57PM (#22095064)

I would think the quotes would make a difference. I was not using quotes, does using quotes in the US still return the website? I would use a VPN and test it out but I am at work right now.

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Re:How is search so bad? A case study by dodobirdlord on Sunday January 19, 2020 @07:06PM (#22095116)

Not using quotes, the first result I get is his twitter account, and the second is a link to a Project Veritas piece about this document leak he describes. Hardly seems like he's getting buried.

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Re:How is search so bad? A case study by jjeaff on Monday January 20, 2020 @11:38AM (#22099997)

Additionally, if you search "site:zachvorhies.com" you get the site. So it isn't de-indexed. It just isn't ranking well.

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