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Re:Yandex ‘leak’ reveals 1,922 search ranking factors by swyx on Monday January 30, 2023 @11:34PM (#34591175)
i always wonder why google doesnt offer a downvote button for obvious bad links. the only reason i can think of is vote bombing, but if you contain that for personalization and do basic bomb detection you could greatly improve the xperience for people
Re:Yandex ‘leak’ reveals 1,922 search ranking factors by anaganisk on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @11:24AM (#34597201)
Google already wants a working phone number for majority of users, making it logged only and leave it to the community to decide. But it will conflict with its "paid" programs so I guess it will never happen.
Re:Yandex ‘leak’ reveals 1,922 search ranking factors by ogurechny on Tuesday January 31, 2023 @07:28PM (#34604475)
A link that is bad for you might serve a lot of ads for a lot of people, which is good for company that has most of its profits from commissions on that process (Google).

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