A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes modern web design

Re:A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes... by hn_throwaway_99 on Thursday September 16, 2021 @11:18AM (#28552908)

I had the exact opposite experience. I searched the site for "java", got a Wikipedia link first (for the island, not the programming language), and the 2nd result was to a random JEP page, and all the rest of the results were random tidbits about Java (e.g. "XZ compression algorithm in Java). Didn't get any high level results pointing to an overview of the language, getting started guides, etc.

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Re:A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes... by withinboredom on Thursday September 16, 2021 @11:26AM (#28553014)

You need to use some old school search techniques and search for “Java overview”

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Re:A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes... by _wldu on Thursday September 16, 2021 @11:30AM (#28553074)

I'm not sure that's a bad thing.

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Re:A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes... by rovr138 on Thursday September 16, 2021 @02:54PM (#28555689)

well, they're results to java related items...

What kind of links where you expecting to find?

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