2025-10-30 12:30:27
What's the most spam, slop, and scam infested hashtag here?
One of the worst I've seen is #SEO (eww)
What's the most spam, slop, and scam infested hashtag here?
One of the worst I've seen is #SEO (eww)
This is bizarre - I made a typo and accidentally ran a #Google search for a comma. Not the word, the punctuation mark.
And yet, somehow, Google thinks that is:
1. A valid enough search to be showing a bazillion results
2. A search that needs short-form vertical videos at the top from a bunch of white women (who are they? Why them? What in the world is relevant to a singular punctuation mark that makes them pull up these videos?)
3. A search with enough inferred intent to show me a whole Q&A interface?
I know we complain about the state of #search online a lot these days and I've been part of the #SEO industry for years but something like this is so blatantly ridiculous it's hard not to stop and wonder.... what the actual fuck?
Fascinating! Not even #Google's own product #GoogleScholar is setup correctly to show up properly in the search results.
#SEO #AcademicChatter #PhDLife