▲ 613 ▼ Our Channel Could Be Deleted - Gamers Nexus (www.youtube.com) submitted 1 year ago by rustyredox@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 213 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] skisnow@lemmy.ca 18 points 1 year ago (5 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago* (1 child) The pagerank algorithm worked fine for many years in the 2000-2010s before google transitioned into a full time advertising company permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply) [–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Isn't this a bit disingenuous to why they originally started to change the algorithm though? People figured it out and started abusing it by spinning up proxy websites that would just link to the sites they wanted higher up in the rankings. You could argue Google only became an advertising company so that they could regulate that whilst also taking a slice. I'm not arguing that they've since lost their way though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* SEO used to be a fulltime job. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago These two comments read like Dejá-vu… permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago* (1 child) The pagerank algorithm worked fine for many years in the 2000-2010s before google transitioned into a full time advertising company permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment load more comments (1 reply)
[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) Isn't this a bit disingenuous to why they originally started to change the algorithm though? People figured it out and started abusing it by spinning up proxy websites that would just link to the sites they wanted higher up in the rankings. You could argue Google only became an advertising company so that they could regulate that whilst also taking a slice. I'm not arguing that they've since lost their way though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* SEO used to be a fulltime job. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Schlemmy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* SEO used to be a fulltime job. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nikls94@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago These two comments read like Dejá-vu… permalink fedilink source parent