So, does this mean expertsexchange will eventually get shoved down the search results?
(AKA great stuff!)
(AKA great stuff!)
Perfect example of this extension in action: search for "how to remove ear pads from HD555", and I get a link to this page as the third result: http://www.fixya.com/support/p516634-sennheiser_hd_555_consu...
Totally useless!
While yahoo answers etc. might provide bad answers, experts exchange provides no answers at all. All you see is an open question with a nasty subscribe button that will only work if you haven't already used it more than 30 days ago.
So experts exchange is more than useless: It's just plain advertisement without any added value. It's the kind of stuff you expect in the ads section of a search engine, but definitely don't want to show up in your search results.
I don't mind their business model, but I can't understand why they appear near the top of so many search results.
Either they are very good at (mis-)using SEO techniques, or there are really many websites linking to them. However, I personally find it hard to believe that any author of a blog article or forum entry links to an EE answer voluntarily.
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