How Google is killing independent sites like ours

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• dangerous50@feddit.nl ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Kind of related question - any suggestions what to use if I want to skip this problem? I was looking for some headphones earlier and as explained in the article, most sites point to the same brands. I finally got to see some different brands/models and users reviews from forum group. The problem is I found those forums from Google… so any suggestions what I can try without being stuck in this google SEO vortex?

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  • mozz@mbin.grits.dev ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Consumer Reports is still around and still excellent. I paid for a membership to them for quite some time and it was worth it.

    I think it's an instance of the fundamental problem that if people generally want something (good reviews) for free, but it costs money to make, eventually it'll get hollowed out and replaced with something empty and worthless, because there wasn't money in continuing to provide it for free.

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    • dangerous50@feddit.nl ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thanks. Totally forgot about them.

      Very good point. And with this ads/google revenue model, it’s SEO skills that makes money instead of good skill to write a meaningful review.

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  • zhunk@beehaw.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Wirecutter and RTINGS both do a lot of testing and reviews, including for headphones.

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    • dangerous50@feddit.nl ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Awesome. I ran into RTINGS a few times. But not wirecutter. Gonna give those a read.

      Thanks

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• Gaywallet@beehaw.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Fantastic article highlighting the issue. Thanks!

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