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Re:Ask HN: Why does Pinterest dominate Google text search re... by alisonkisk on Friday December 25, 2020 @07:25PM (#25540296)
It's weird to blame Pinterest for Google's choice to promote the site. Sure Pinterest wants to rank highly, but they aren't tricking Google. Google knows how popular they choose to make Pinterest results, and how much most users like those results.
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Re:Ask HN: Why does Pinterest dominate Google text search re... by ganstyles on Saturday December 26, 2020 @08:06PM (#25547885)
If I make an algorithm to rank sites, and you figure out the internals of that algo and manipulate your behavior to rank at the top, that's bad and not the same as being Google's choice, at least not directly.
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Re:Ask HN: Why does Pinterest dominate Google text search re... by krainboltgreene on Monday December 28, 2020 @12:11AM (#25556876)
My friend, Google tells you how this works. Pinterest doesn't have secret knowledge.
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