> Enabled downvoting on results, like YT videos. (Has its own spam problems, just like YT)
Are there any search engines that do this? It's a great, simple idea.
Are there any search engines that do this? It's a great, simple idea.
Couple of positions up or down in google results for somewhat popular and valuable keywords can mean the difference in thousands of dollars per day of ad or affiliate revenue. I suspect it would get pretty wild if google launched something like this. There already are black-hat seo methods and services, but something so simple and direct would turn it up to 11.
They already have the tech to fight this on YT. They, in theory, are supposed to be doing the same thing to detect inauthentic behavior on ad placement and click abuse.