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Re:The birth and death of search engine optimization by TheCleric on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @12:57PM (#38462699)
> Who wants to click on an article for a site with 500 followers when you can click on Forbes which has millions.

The problem is while Forbes can have high quality articles, it also has a wide array of VERY low quality ones.

https://www.niemanlab.org/2022/02/an-incomplete-history-of-f...

So the issue becomes it's less the domain I trust/don't trust, but rather a more complicate heuristic.

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Re:The birth and death of search engine optimization by skilled on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @01:01PM (#38462757)
Yep. That’s the point I was making. Forbes will shovel rocks for sale if the margin is in the $5 dollar range. All these authority sites are doing it.
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Re:The birth and death of search engine optimization by TheCleric on Wednesday November 29, 2023 @01:05PM (#38462817)
Ahh, sorry. I need more coffee!
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