[IG_Semmelweiss]

Can we confidently say that top engineers have lost the battle with SEO spam ?

Or they just gave up ?

Or something else ?

[wizzwizz4]

With Google, at least, it was one division losing the battle with another division. https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-11/417557.pdf

Searching some terms from this PDF (not in Google) brings up https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/, which has a clearer narrative.

[eru]

Thanks for the links, very interesting!

[floydnoel]

engineers have nothing to do with it any more, is the entire issue.