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1. kleiba2 · 1790746188 · focus · HN ↗

   I don't have a LinkedIn account and don't really care about it. The one thing, however, that bothers me to no end is all the many, many times when a LinkedIn page comes up near the top of the results to a Google query, then I click on it, and chances are I don't get to the actual information, but to the LinkedIn log-in page.

   Not that I think that this is LinkedIn's fault, but I assume Google's rationale is that "everybody has a LinkedIn account" so it's fine to include result pages that cannot be accessed without one.

   1. talkin · 1790748284 · focus · HN ↗

      > Not that I think that this is LinkedIn's fault

      It is, they’re darkpatternmaxxing.

      There used to be a time sites got punished if they treated searchbots differently..

      1. giancarlostoro · 1790793836 · focus · HN ↗

         Anyone else does that and Google downgrades you, but LinkedIn and Pinterest do it, and Google keeps them at the top.

         1. malfist · 1790794926 · focus · HN ↗

            If you use kagi you can block those pages. Doesn't mean you find the information you're looking for but it does make me feel better

            1. TeMPOraL · 1790804052 · focus · HN ↗

               Increases probability if you downrank enough of the noise.

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