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brucethemoose@lemmy.world 1 day agoNo, you’ve got a point… Actually you’re right. To an extent.
But I’d argue the “bad” part of SEO is just too tempting. It’s clearly winning out, across the entire internet, unless you can look at me with a straight face and say “Google search is fine.” Or that discoverability of small genuine services is fine. It’s definitely not; it’s a miracle any business is surviving as a pure web app anymore.
You also have a point. HOW DARE WE AGREE. :)
Well, except that I think that - to a decent extent - the changing requirements for SEO generally have still improved it. I’m comparing to the days of keyword stuffing, which doesn’t work anymore, for example. Nowadays, it does have to be text that flows and is somewhat natural.
THAT said, I will myself point to recipe sites that give you a novel before the recipe for SEO purposes. I’m certainly not saying it’s perfect by any means.’
The results are awful though. Over the past few years, I can hardly even think of a single search where SEO quickly brought me to “the page I was looking for”; searches end in either a wall of spam, or me getting frustrated and more directly finding what I already know I want. Sites I used to love have withered and died, buried from the lack of traffic.
In other words, what does it matter if SEO is “improved” if the results are junk?
MinoriMirariRProductions@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I agree with tbis statement whole heartily.