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MetaFilter is a site which I always value, when I read it, but am rarely directed to: I don't remember ever noticing it in a search engine result.

I'm sorry to hear this and I will endeavour to more actively support MetaFilter and other uniquely valuable sites in the future.

Ask Metafilter used to come up often in my google searches for esoteric questions. Not as much lately.

> I don't remember ever noticing it in a search engine result.

And yet it's easily shown that Google highly values MetaFilter in its results:

The problem is it's kind of a niche-topic site, a bit like NPR. It needs lots of external support to keep going.