Google Search Results Plagued with spam “.it” domains

Re:Google Search Results Plagued with spam “.it” domains by ben_jones on Saturday July 23, 2022 @12:13PM (#32204662)

For all we know the sites have better internationalizations and cater to audiences invisible from a US-based perspective.

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Re:Google Search Results Plagued with spam “.it” domains by bequanna on Saturday July 23, 2022 @01:24PM (#32205427)

These sites are just scraping SO and dumping the text from the question+answers in a blog-style format.

I don’t think this is a cultural issue, I fail to see how this can be considered value add by anyone.

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Re:Google Search Results Plagued with spam “.it” domains by adhesive_wombat on Saturday July 23, 2022 @02:08PM (#32205888)

I found that Google will even rank a quote from an issue tracker on one of those "clones with advert/malwar overlays" higher than the original.

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Re:Google Search Results Plagued with spam “.it” domains by EdwardDiego on Saturday July 23, 2022 @10:50PM (#32209832)

Also sites that scrape mailing list archives and cover it in ads rank higher than the actual archive site.

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Re:Google Search Results Plagued with spam “.it” domains by ipaddr on Saturday July 23, 2022 @07:57PM (#32208805)

A/B tests can show datapoints where these sites convert better on average. Sites aren't chosen for cultural legacy but based on hitting the correct kpis.

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