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Re:A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes... by new_guy on Thursday September 16, 2021 @12:17PM (#28553669)
> the people who want to game it will appear.

So just add human review to the mix, if a site is obviously trying to game the system (listicles, seo spam etc) just drop and ban them from the search index.

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Re:A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes... by hdjjhhvvhga on Thursday September 16, 2021 @12:57PM (#28554223)
Congratulations, you've just invented negative SEO.
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