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Re:Done Answering Questions Stack Overflow by cthor on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @11:34PM (#26162732)
It's Wikipedia's fault that search engines are filled with blogspam?
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Re:Done Answering Questions Stack Overflow by leephillips on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @11:37PM (#26162753)
Huh? I really have no idea why you are asking this here. But it is a problem that Wikipedia results take up space on the first page of results, along with advertising, etc.
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Re:Done Answering Questions Stack Overflow by andrewguenther on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @11:48PM (#26162822)
Why is it a problem for wikipedia to appear on the front page of search results?
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Re:Done Answering Questions Stack Overflow by leephillips on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @11:51PM (#26162836)
It’s not a major problem, but it’s not optimal; just more stuff to skip over looking for the real results. The thing is, I know there is a Wikipedia article about everything, and if I want to see it, I’ll go there and use their search.
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Re:Done Answering Questions Stack Overflow by andrewguenther on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @11:54PM (#26162855)
Isn't the objective if a search engine to show you the most relevant result to your search? I find wikipedia results to be my most clicked because they're the most useful. I don't understand how those aren't "real" results.
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Re:Done Answering Questions Stack Overflow by leephillips on Wednesday February 17, 2021 @12:01AM (#26162897)
Well, that’s fine. It sounds like Google is more in tune with how you see things, so their rankings are more relevant for you. I was talking about me (as usual).
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