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Agree. But not sure what you mean by the "top 5%". Google have deliberately stopped trying to provide an index of the web. They now focus solely on revenue (ad
by drpixie 4y ago
Agree. But not sure what you mean by the "top 5%".
Google have deliberately stopped trying to provide an index of the web. They now focus solely on revenue (advertising) maximization. A search will show paid sites, then popular sites, up to a few pages, and that's it. For example, search for "brioche buns" - you can't convince me that there are only 420 pages in the entire www that refer to "brioche buns" :(
- baxtr 4y agoSorry I was not more precise. I meant the top 5% of internet users. The most experienced / most demanding users.
- charcircuit 4y ago>About 11,300,000 results I get a lot more than 400.
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- throwaway1851 4y agoThose results aren’t real. If you actually try to retrieve them, you will find out that Google stops delivering unique results after a few pages. (Other search engines are the same in this respect.)
- charcircuit 4y agoYes, they are real. It will stop ranking them after a few pages because the results become worse and it becomes too expensive to rank.
- Falkon1313 4y agoIt seems if a site is not selling something, and/or buying ads, and isn't in the most popular social media sites, Google just dumps it into the "No one knows what lies beyond this border" bin. Tons of forums, blogs, personal and informational sites, etc., all hidden somewhere in the fog beyond the 'edge of the world' and 'here be dragons' signs.