TechEcho

Title says it all. Why does Google continue to let Pinterest dominate search results on Google images? Similarly, why does Google allow Yelp and Quora dominate search results while heavily penalizing almost all other results which are behind pay/sign in walls? Further, Google seems to have decimated forum results (unless you append "forum" or "reddit" to your search), but how do forum results differ from Quora, Pinterest, and Yelp, which are crowdsourced, user generated content?

Pinterest absolutely should be completely deindexed everywhere.

Hah! Indeed. I add -quora -pinterest -yelp to my searches by default, and it often reduces my results by 60% or more (for the better, in my opinion).

Of all the offenders in bad search quality these are hardly the worst offenders. The throwaway SEO’d affiliate blogspam and factory produced Medium articles are much worse.

It's like googlers don't dogfood their own product.. but they obviously must since I doubt they use any other search engine.

Google's algorithm actively promotes shitty content. Want proof? Go search for a tuna salad recipe.

Pinterest absolutely should be completely deindexed everywhere.

Hah! Indeed. I add -quora -pinterest -yelp to my searches by default, and it often reduces my results by 60% or more (for the better, in my opinion).

Of all the offenders in bad search quality these are hardly the worst offenders. The throwaway SEO’d affiliate blogspam and factory produced Medium articles are much worse.

It's like googlers don't dogfood their own product.. but they obviously must since I doubt they use any other search engine.

Google's algorithm actively promotes shitty content. Want proof? Go search for a tuna salad recipe.

Ask HN: Googlers on HN, Why Does GOOG Let Pinterest, Quora and Yelp Ruin Search?

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Ask HN: Googlers on HN, Why Does GOOG Let Pinterest, Quora and Yelp Ruin Search?

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