How Google is killing independent sites like ours - HouseFresh
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And why you shouldn’t trust product reviews from big media publishers ranking at the top of Google.

Google regularly launches updates to its algorithm to continuously improve search results quality. Think of these updates as a refresh of the system where rankings change: some websites see an improvement while others see a decline.

We know that at the end of the day, Google will reward us if our readers find our articles useful.

Or that’s what we thought.

You might have noticed that no matter what you google, there’s always a selection of the same publishers showing up at the top of the results.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppetEnglish
    23•10 months ago

    Google regularly launches updates to its algorithm to continuously improve search results quality.

    Does anyone still believe this? Their quality has been dog shit for a decade, and gets worse with every update. They change the algorithm to push what is profitable.

    • @SuperSynthia
      3•10 months ago

      That ain’t no joke. Pisses me off that information is gatekept and shopwalled. Almost rverything off the net is monetized, why does cyberspace need the same treatment?

    • TechNom (nobody)English
      2•10 months ago

      How about YouTube? Video dislikes were a reliable indicator as to which videos to avoid. Now it’s full of shitty clickbaits like ‘NASA lied’. What was their excuse again?