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People who haven't gotten into habit of googling stuff in the last 20 years might not get into it at all anymore because of how search engines are gamed with SEO spam tactics nowadays (lemm.ee)

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[-] Stuka@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 year ago

Nah.

What the average user is looking for is almost certainly gonna be near the top of a Google search.

[-] Vormadikter@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

What are "SEO spam tactics"? I would google, but am afraid of that now.

[-] Pepperette@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I think I just figured it out, Search Engine Optimization?

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[-] DaveNa@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wasn't seo revamped like decades ago because it was prone to spam? And now is best bid get to be in the first pages/results?

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