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The Perfect Webpage: How the internet reshaped itself around Google’s search algorithms — and into a world where websites look the same. (www.theverge.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. I just signed up for their "trial" version and punched my keywords in -- "geophysical equipment rentals canada" and my region to Canada -- my company came up first, followed by our primary Canadian competitor. It wasn't until item number 8 that the SEO crap pages started showing up. Very nice. Now I just need to figure out how to make this a business expense ;)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Their search results constantly impress me and honestly it's 10 bucks for unlimited searches, it's worth it even if it's not a business expense, plus since you're paying for the service they're less likely to track you. I wish their code was FOSS, but I'll take it, still better than google, bing, and all the others I've tried.

Also they actively promote the small web and you can even personalize your search results by removing websites you don't like from the searches (for example I have a lot of big tech websites blocked)