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Genuine Question - Why is this topic of any interest at all for Hacker News?

This seems more like something SEO marketers or people with nothing to do would be interested in.

Q1 Does knowing the amount of traffic a Google Doodle gets in any way help someone become a better hacker?

Q2 Does this topic in any way lead to getting better at anything?

Or has Hacker News turned into some tech version of LOLCatz?

[conr]

hackers are curious about the world around them. this gives a data point on how the world works with regards to the most popular search engine

hacking is not about getting better at something - it's a state of mind

[kristianp]

It's related to the topic that is important to website creators, how to get viewers on our websites.

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You have a point there. That someone could possibly anticipate what Doodles are going to be used and SEO map their site to that.

It still isn't the kind of thing I personally am hoping to get at Hacker News.

It seems to me that more and more people are interested in shortcuts to success and praying to the Tech Religions than actually doing something themselves or sharing stuff that is really worthwhile.

[skeptical]

> Or has Hacker News turned into some tech version of LOLCatz?

You mean digg? Hopefully not, but this headline does tell a different story :( . Yet many of us still comment on this topic.