I hope they figure this out, cause the search results are depressing.
Unfortunately it’s never-ending cat and mouse battle. The whole point of SEO is to game the search engines systems, so the spammers will now be adjusting their tactics.
I don’t think it’s just SEO that’s the problem with Google search either. They seem to put too much weight on e-commerce over information.
Kagi and sealngx figured it out just fine. Turns out if your goal isn’t to show advertisements then it’s not that hard of a problem.
Those are just insignificant compared to Google so noone is even trying to game them.
That’s actually one of the reasons why I use kagi but saying that they figured it out is just wrong
sealngx
do you mean SearXNG?
Yeah. It’s well past my bedtime. I shouldn’t be online
I hope you’re asleep now.
Honestly, i hope they don’t.
We don’t need google (or any tech giant) where the internet of humans is going.
The answer seems fairly obvious to me if they really want to improve search results: blanket ban any domain owned by any company known to engage in blatant SEO spam, let them appeal after 6 months. The fact that isn’t done means Google sees profit in allowing SEO spam to exist as long as it doesn’t push too many people away.
The fact that I have to use browser plugins and block these domains myself is ridiculous.
So… Most of the web?
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Overall, the update intends to improve Google’s ranking systems to downrank pages that were “created for search engines instead of for people,” the company’s announcement explains.
That is, sites that have a poor user experience or that were seemingly designed to match a very specific search query will be impacted.
This could impact web pages that pretend to offer answers to popular search queries, but don’t actually provide much value to the end user.
Google tells us the ranking changes will “directly address low-quality AI-generated content that’s designed to attract clicks, but that doesn’t add much original value,” according to spokesperson Jennifer Kutz.
The ultimate goal is reducing the presence of pages that feel unsatisfying, and lack original content,” she said.
Google says it’s publishing its policy two months in advance of enforcement on May 5 to give site owners time to make changes.
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Google says it’s publishing its policy two months in advance of enforcement on May 5 to give site owners time to make changes.
Seriously?
