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I love simple sites like this - it's a shame that google seems to punish sites like this that contain information that is not often updated (because it does not

by 3guk 4y ago

I love simple sites like this - it's a shame that google seems to punish sites like this that contain information that is not often updated (because it does not need to be).

rvense 4y ago
It's weird, right? A wordpress blog that wrapped each combination of materials in a separate five page article and republished them every week with slight changes would do better.
- blowski 4y ago
  Within engineering, there is this weird dominant culture that fresher information is more likely to be accurate. Sometimes, that's right, because a lot of tech changes so quickly that a three year old article about is now hopelessly out of date since v5 deprecated v3 syntax. For a lot of other articles, I'd rather read an authoritative, well-written article that was published 40 years ago. Nothing material has changed in the intervening period, so it doesn't matter. Google just doesn't seem to know when I value quality over freshness, so it defaults to the latter most of the time.
  - swader999 4y ago
    Sheldon Brown's bike tuning comes to mind after reading your comment. https://www.sheldonbrown.com/articles.html https://www.sheldonbrown.com/articles.html (look at that, an html page!!!)
  - cjmcqueen 4y ago
    It's a type of prisoners dilemma with Google. They're having to out game the SEO gamers and pick a tactic that moves the web forward and doesn't over reward entrenched parties. I agree this site gives good useful information, but what if new glues come out on the market? What if a YouTube channel comes out comparing and testing glues? Authority is great until it's out of date, so I think it's logical to go with a bias towards fresh content. I do wish there was more of a focus on attribution and citing sources on the web. Maybe Web3 will save us on that front...
    - 9dev 4y ago
      Web3 will save nothing for any of us, but funnel money in the pockets of investors. That’s all it is.
      - Phrenzy 4y ago
        I'm sure Web4 will solve that.
    - auveair 4y ago
      > I agree this site gives good useful information, but what if new glues come out on the market? What if a YouTube channel comes out comparing and testing glues? All good questions, but shame that google answer to that is "surely a Wordpress blog called 2022-glue-boss.com made in the last year has all those answers!"
- gberger 4y ago
  And with ChatGPT, it would be really easy to generate...
nomel 4y ago
This really explains so much. The it was much easier to find random facts on the "old" internet. Now, to get to a random fact, it needs to be wrapped in a life story explaining why they have a deep personal connection with that fact.

by 3guk 4y ago

I love simple sites like this - it's a shame that google seems to punish sites like this that contain information that is not often updated (because it does not need to be).

rvense 4y ago

It's weird, right? A wordpress blog that wrapped each combination of materials in a separate five page article and republished them every week with slight changes would do better.

blowski 4y ago
Within engineering, there is this weird dominant culture that fresher information is more likely to be accurate. Sometimes, that's right, because a lot of tech changes so quickly that a three year old article about is now hopelessly out of date since v5 deprecated v3 syntax. For a lot of other articles, I'd rather read an authoritative, well-written article that was published 40 years ago. Nothing material has changed in the intervening period, so it doesn't matter. Google just doesn't seem to know when I value quality over freshness, so it defaults to the latter most of the time.
- swader999 4y ago
  Sheldon Brown's bike tuning comes to mind after reading your comment. https://www.sheldonbrown.com/articles.html https://www.sheldonbrown.com/articles.html (look at that, an html page!!!)
- cjmcqueen 4y ago
  It's a type of prisoners dilemma with Google. They're having to out game the SEO gamers and pick a tactic that moves the web forward and doesn't over reward entrenched parties. I agree this site gives good useful information, but what if new glues come out on the market? What if a YouTube channel comes out comparing and testing glues? Authority is great until it's out of date, so I think it's logical to go with a bias towards fresh content. I do wish there was more of a focus on attribution and citing sources on the web. Maybe Web3 will save us on that front...
  - 9dev 4y ago
    Web3 will save nothing for any of us, but funnel money in the pockets of investors. That’s all it is.
    - Phrenzy 4y ago
      I'm sure Web4 will solve that.
  - auveair 4y ago
    > I agree this site gives good useful information, but what if new glues come out on the market? What if a YouTube channel comes out comparing and testing glues? All good questions, but shame that google answer to that is "surely a Wordpress blog called 2022-glue-boss.com made in the last year has all those answers!"
gberger 4y ago
And with ChatGPT, it would be really easy to generate...

nomel 4y ago

This really explains so much. The it was much easier to find random facts on the "old" internet. Now, to get to a random fact, it needs to be wrapped in a life story explaining why they have a deep personal connection with that fact.