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by fshbbdssbbgdd 1842 days ago
Google uses a lot of other signals besides page content to rank search results. Common examples:

1. Links from well-ranked pages. 2. Whether the user hits the back button or stays on the page.

Many of these should still work.

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But they obviously don't work! That's why I mentioned all those Stack Overflow rip off sites as an example. When scrolling the results, my brain filters them out because I can recognise them as scam, but if they would contain unique and relevant text (generated by an AI), I'd be lost.
I actually like the stack overflow rip off sites. They load quicker than the real stack overflow (which often seems to freeze due to broken ad scripts).