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Google search is losing the fight with SEO spam, study says
(arstechnica.com)
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this post was submitted on 21 Jan 2024
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My problem is replacing search terms with synonyms (which are often wrong for the context) and ignoring things like quotation marks or other search tools. It’s hard to exclude irrelevant results. Sometimes I’ll know an article’s exact title, search with and without quotes, and never find it.