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   CM30 (cm30@ohai.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 21:50:45 JST CM30

   So, do folks in the #SEO industry think #Google is working well? Or do they see the poor quality results it’s returning and somehow assume their own industry isn’t responsible for most of that?

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     Ethan Black (golemwire@social.librem.one)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 21:50:40 JST Ethan Black

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     • jahed.dev

     @CM30 @jahed I wish there was a block domain feature in search engines and web browsers, like in #Mastodon

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     CM30 (cm30@ohai.social)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 21:50:41 JST CM30

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     • jahed.dev

     @jahed fair point, Google has a huge part to play too. Not letting users filter out particular sites is ridiculous, and why Kagi is doing so well at the moment. Meanwhile the obsession with trying to ‘second guess’ your search by removing useful tools like quotes, hyphens, etc or finding terms that only have one word is terrible too.

     But SEO does play a role as well. Constantly making new pages to rank for terms that you have nothing to say about clogs up the listings.

     Ethan Black repeated this.
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     jahed.dev (jahed@mastodon.online)'s status on Wednesday, 30-Aug-2023 21:50:43 JST jahed.dev

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     @CM30 I don't really blame SEO. Google introduced a clear conflict of interest with AdWords and AdSense, which values quantity over quality. Google then removed tools for users to be able to curate their own results.

     Google are self-sabotaging YouTube search now, where it only shows 3 somewhat relevant results, then floods the rest with unrelated "recommendations".

     This is all Google's doing. Paid services like Kagi are the only real solution to this right now.

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     Ethan Black (golemwire@social.librem.one)'s status on Thursday, 31-Aug-2023 00:05:38 JST Ethan Black

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     • jahed.dev

     @CM30 @jahed I should look for a browser extension for this. Probably something useful out there.

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     CM30 (cm30@ohai.social)'s status on Thursday, 31-Aug-2023 00:05:40 JST CM30

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     • jahed.dev

     @jahed @golemwire there was one in Google… once. Then weirdly they got rid of the option.