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Re:Ask HN: Has Google search become quantitatively worse? by jeremyjh on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @11:49AM (#29394161)
That old algorithm would just hand you a bunch of SEO spam.
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Re:Ask HN: Has Google search become quantitatively worse? by alok-g on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @01:30PM (#29395617)
I am not sure. It may be me lacking in understanding.
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Re:Ask HN: Has Google search become quantitatively worse? by JohnWhigham on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @01:13PM (#29395395)
Google already does that though...
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Re:Ask HN: Has Google search become quantitatively worse? by jeremyjh on Tuesday November 30, 2021 @03:33PM (#29397095)
Yes but the Google algorithm circa 2003 would be much, much worse. There has been an arms race for the last 20 years.
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