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Re:Ask HN: Why does Pinterest dominate Google text search re... by cblconfederate on Friday December 25, 2020 @04:56PM (#25539339)
One could say they are gaming it
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Re:Ask HN: Why does Pinterest dominate Google text search re... by kevin_thibedeau on Friday December 25, 2020 @09:12PM (#25540783)
The Wikipedia clones gamed it and they were deranked. Why does Pinterest get special treatment?
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Re:Ask HN: Why does Pinterest dominate Google text search re... by gtyras2mrs on Saturday December 26, 2020 @03:44AM (#25542202)
I'm guessing because Pinterest buys ads from Google? They're the customers from Google's PoV.
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