This is also as much of a grift as any SEO that claims to have cracked the code of getting to the top of results. Even if they have figured something reproducible, it will get fixed. If someone can manipulate a search engine to provide results different to what it would otherwise do, that's a bug they will fix

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 42 points 3 months ago

That "most people" part kinda reminds me of this: https://xkcd.com/2501/

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Will they though, search engine results lately seem very much like a decisive victory for the SEO slop

[–] Temperche@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago (2 children)

only if u use google. Try Qwant.

[–] KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz 2 points 3 months ago

Or Kagi

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Or DDG.

[–] Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago

DDG is bing and definitely has the same problems.

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

If someone can manipulate a search engine to provide results different to what it would otherwise do, that’s a bug they will fix

But there are more people manipulating the results, than people fixing the bugs.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

But not in novel ways. Lots of exploiters using the same bug. Fix it once and they're all fixed.