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Re:New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Se... by solresol on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @05:15PM (#39622427)
The expired domain abuse thing --- that's interesting because finding that signal was one of the few things I got done while I was at Google... in November 2006! And I vaguely remember being told that the fix went into the codebase after I identified that it was happening.
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Re:New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Se... by licheness on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @05:57PM (#39622837)
Interesting you bring this up. We saw something similar happen at another FAANG where the fake review detection mechanisms that had worked so well were suddenly removed from the codebase, among other quality control safeguards.
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Re:New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Se... by xyzzy123 on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @07:14PM (#39623511)
Safeguards can hard to fight for when they make key numbers go down but improve something else that doesn't (immediately) show up in metrics.
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Re:New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Se... by licheness on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @08:03PM (#39623841)
Agreed, metrics such as customer satisfaction, customer retention, and brand trust.
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Re:New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Se... by plumeria on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @08:16PM (#39623957)
I wonder if Google does something to detect fake Android reviews or coordinated review bombing? It seems to me, at least anecdotally, that they don't have effective mechanisms for this.
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Re:New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Se... by r00fus on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @06:24PM (#39623089)
I mean, that was before the Doubleclick merger aka takeover that seemed to plunge Google into profiting from the problem instead of trying to fix it.
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Re:New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Se... by bitcharmer on Wednesday March 06, 2024 @06:30PM (#39623150)
If your fix contributed to reducing ad revenue I can bet my money it was intentionally ignored. This is the only thing that matters to them.
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Re:New ways we're tackling spammy, low-quality content on Se... by viraptor on Thursday March 07, 2024 @07:29AM (#39628249)
I wonder if this will make a big change. I bought a company domain which I realised after a while had a different meaning before. It's also been linked to from Wikipedia. That means I've been enjoying the old free Google juice for quite a while.
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