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The internet and its main players (not us, of course) are a tiresome lot.
Feels like we have to stay in the fight, though, doesn’t it? Forget post-search era, how about we talk about a post-internet era? You and I are old enough to remember pre-internet and pre-smartphone days. Civilization might be better off if someone flipped the switch.
It is a very real possibility! Or at least teach people some basics about mental health, and why so much exposure to online stuff (which really is keeping them in their heads) is bad. The fact we had to deal with dial-up, and not have 24–7 broadband, is a good thing, so we were limited at how much time we had online. Talking to humans in the meatverse (that’s not a typo) is a good thing.
If this had been 10 years ago and it was me, I’d be pitching a fit and sending letters demanding they check themselves (and to stop scraping my content if I found it) to everyone I could think of, including the big G. I see my name with my weblinks all over the place now, but I rarely see anyone trying to be me (who would? lol), and I’m happy enough with that to move on.
That’s a few hundred letters—I have been writing to most as they come up (one a day on average), but liars are liars. Most people in the “SEO” business appear to be unconscionable, based on this experience. Semrush and Google will get formal letters once I get some time. Microsoft has made it clear that disinformation is permitted.
We do have a no-scraping clause in our T&Cs. The concern is there is more disinformation on this topic than truthful posts.