There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis

Posted by pizzaiolo 8 hours ago

There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis(weirdgloop.org)

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josephjrobison 4 hours ago|

The bar has been raised on all web content for Google to index, esp new domains like you say but even some subdomains.

That answer is quality content (higher than AI or human medians), links and pr and social activity and mentions, and then user experience.

microtherion 3 hours ago||

And yet, I have to dig my way through pages upon pages of AI trash sites for many Google queries. Somehow THOSE don’t seem to have a problem getting indexed (Maybe they run a sufficient number of ads?).

charlieyu1 1 hour ago|||

Have they fixed the scam problem though?

watwut 3 hours ago||

Google search results dont care about content quality. And did not for years already. It killed good quality blogs and sites long before the AI slop came in.

nephihaha 4 hours ago||

Google has been removing blogs from its searches for years now. You have to search for them specifically. All part of the de-democratisation of the web.

LoganDark 3 hours ago||

Anyone remember when "Fandom" was called Wikia? It really started going down the gutter when it started TikTokifying itself by trying to act as an entertainment hub. It was supposed to be a neutral resource for people to build community-driven knowledge bases but it turned into some real gamified garbage. I've never really been comfortable with the concept of addressing a "fandom" as one whole anyway, even in general, so the new act is just complete crap to me.

ButlerianJihad 3 hours ago|

Fandom probably hosts more copyrighted images and media than the Internet Archive does.

Entertainment studios can often turn a blind eye to use of their properties when it's by fans, for fans, and promotes those franchises. They are not sending C&D to people making avatars, or cosplaying, or memeing their screengrabs into notoriety.

It is weird to think that the WMF and Wikia/Fandom had a common founder and origin.

ahakoiro 1 hour ago||

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robin0716 8 hours ago||

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leonidasrup 4 hours ago|

Courts should review past decisions

Field v. Google, Inc. (2006)

https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Search-Engines-Indexing-a...

Authors Guild v. Google, Inc. (2015)

https://www.flaglerlawgroup.com/a-new-era-for-fair-use-court...