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You right, but Google at least can try to fix it. For example: allow users to hide sites from search results, allow users to downrank sites in search results, etc. etc.


Then it's going to be gamed, again. This time by businesses who would love to drown their competitors search results, or malicious players who want to attack an entity's web presence.


It's much harder to game if the rules are different for each consumer (and yeah, most people won't bother, but then they can't really complain either)


They just need a hidden karma system that ignores the contributions from bad actors.




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