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coolhoody | 3 years ago

Ever since the people of Earth invented Half-Assed Listicles — shallow dumps of 1-hour googling.

Now 'site:news.ycombinator.com' and 'site:reddit.com' are sad norms — like condoms.

The draft title of this comment was '9 Reasons You Can't Google Expert Feedback', but my cat came and looked at me with immeasurable disappointment.

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colejohnson66|3 years ago

Or sites that are just SEO/GPT spam made for ad revenue. Say I want to know if a side effect my pet is experiencing is normal for a medicine the vet gave them. I search DuckDuckGo for "cat {medicine} side effects", and half the results are pages where you have headlines like:

    What is a(n) {issue}? (what you went to the vet for)
    Should you worry about {issue}?
    What to do if you see {issue}
    Is {medicine} safe for your cat?
    Is {medicine} appropriate for {issue}?
    ...and more
Only after a half dozen or so stupid sections (with ads littered between them) do you get to the actual list: "What are the side effects of {medicine}?" Why don't search engines have a way to report spam sites?