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		wolco on April 7, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How SEO Ruined the Internet Plain and simple, Google won't rank you without it. Google looks for additional filler when ranking. Otherwise you would see different kinds of sites.

DeathArrow on April 7, 2020 | [–]

Then we have to blame Google, not the authors.

jrochkind1 on April 8, 2020 | [–]

Right, but is there any explanation for why a recipe page with several pages of filler content ranks better on Google though?

I assume (?) it is not google engineers tuning for this particular outcome on purpose...

Not all that plain and simple.

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