How Google is killing independent sites like ours - HouseFresh
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And why you shouldn’t trust product reviews from big media publishers ranking at the top of Google.

That’s cool and all and important for exposure, but what can I really do about it? It’s the ethereal algorithm and shitty companies gaming it for profit, with everyone else suffering because of it

You can sign up to kagi.com for non ad based rankings results like we had in 2010 era google searches. 100 free searches then a paid model.

Or use this open source engine a guy built and maintains in his basement https://stract.com/

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