Study finds "search engines seem to lose the cat-and-mouse game that is SEO spam."

I guess we all kinda knew that, but it’s always nice to have a study backing your opinions.

  • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzEnglish
    64·
    11 months ago

    I switched to DDG merely to get rid of Google’s irrelevant paid results up top.

    If I’m searching for brand model manual I don’t need every competitor’s marketing detritus.

    Likewise contact details etc… it’s maddening.

    • PxtlEnglish
      133·
      11 months ago

      Yes, but DDG seems to have worse organic results in my experience. I mean the bar is low, but DDG falls under it.

      • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzEnglish
        10·
        11 months ago

        Oh yeah, the results are worse, but at least I can filter with search grammar and not also have to mentally filter out the ads too.

        I’m not sure if we’ve ended up back at the ol’ altavista/askjeeves keyword-stuffed hell yet, but it’s close.