Search engine manipulation is always a topical topic here.
I've given up completely on DDG and never use it now. I have 3 search bars open now; yandex, gibiru and virtual mirage (formerly searx.me?) I'm not even pleased with the combination of them.
The internets have everything we're looking for and want to find. But the ancient underappreciated arts of indexing and cataloging have been irreparably broken. It's there - but you will never be allowed to find it.
Indexing is an underrated craftsmanship and is on the precipice of being overthrown. Don't even get me started.
Politics aside, marketing firms have done the real damage to search engine results by hijacking algorithms with padded, timely, but otherwise meaningless content. "How do I replace the springs on my garage door" will doubtless yield a thousand results from garage door manufacturers, written by clueless marketers, and 9/10ths of the page will just be gibberish like "A well functioning garage door is an excellent investment for your home. Did you know that a recent study concluded that upgrading your garage door will increase your home's value by boosting its curb appeal? We make garage doors in all shapes and sizes, so you can get the door of your dreams! etc etc etc" It's infuriating.
This is the plot to Ark 3 in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Though it was all "middlemen" including hairstylists and telephone sanitizers. There was no Ark 1 or 2, it was just a fake to get ride of them.
Unfortunately, they crash landed on a planet called Earth and became the human race. And their home planet died of a plague contracted from a dirty telephone.
Search engine manipulation is always a topical topic here.
I've given up completely on DDG and never use it now. I have 3 search bars open now; yandex, gibiru and virtual mirage (formerly searx.me?) I'm not even pleased with the combination of them.
The internets have everything we're looking for and want to find. But the ancient underappreciated arts of indexing and cataloging have been irreparably broken. It's there - but you will never be allowed to find it.
Indexing is an underrated craftsmanship and is on the precipice of being overthrown. Don't even get me started.
Politics aside, marketing firms have done the real damage to search engine results by hijacking algorithms with padded, timely, but otherwise meaningless content. "How do I replace the springs on my garage door" will doubtless yield a thousand results from garage door manufacturers, written by clueless marketers, and 9/10ths of the page will just be gibberish like "A well functioning garage door is an excellent investment for your home. Did you know that a recent study concluded that upgrading your garage door will increase your home's value by boosting its curb appeal? We make garage doors in all shapes and sizes, so you can get the door of your dreams! etc etc etc" It's infuriating.
This is the plot to Ark 3 in Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. Though it was all "middlemen" including hairstylists and telephone sanitizers. There was no Ark 1 or 2, it was just a fake to get ride of them.
Unfortunately, they crash landed on a planet called Earth and became the human race. And their home planet died of a plague contracted from a dirty telephone.