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brucethemoose2 on Oct 15, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google has sent internet into 'spiral of decline',...

Do you have a link?

Twelve years ago, this wasn't even a thought in the back of my head, and I bet those in the SEO industry never thought Google would let things deteriorate to such an extreme.

layer8 on Oct 15, 2023 | [–]

That discussion was well underway in 2011. Here’s two random finds (I guess Google search isn’t completely useless yet…):

https://techcrunch.com/2011/01/01/why-we-desperately-need-a-...

https://www.anildash.com/2011/01/03/threes_a_trend_the_decli...

donatj on Oct 15, 2023 | [–]

I do but it's not worth reading. It's rambling and unfocused. I made my point here far more clearly than there.

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