Subj : Re: Computer Kits
To   : deon
From : boraxman
Date : Sun Jan 30 2022 13:22:41

 de> And there in lies the problem. Search engines dont know that a website is
 de> related to a vendor's products, a blog, or BBS message bases, when folks
 de> add a web frontend to their BBS to make it easier for (or to attrach)
 de> "users".
 de> 
 de> But I agree, it would be good if all those running a BBS made their web
 de> frontend "private" until registered users "logged in". I doubt a search
 de> engine would learn how to register and login to BBS's to scrape/store
 de> the conent - so this simple act would keep BBSing "private".
 de> 

There is another good reason.  One reason that search engines are producing poor results is all the crap put out on the internet which matches the search results.  It reduces the relevance of search results.  When you search, you want documentation, you don't want random chats from people conversing, or top 10 lists, or those auto generated sites that create random content to try and match a search results to display ads.

Discussion forums where people solve problems (like Stackoverflow, or Vogons.net or Vintage Computer Forums) should be searchable, but general chat on fsxNet?  A BBS's own messageboard for its users?  This is only relevant to logged in users.

Remember, Google is a data gathering enterprise, NOT a search engine.  Their purpose is to gather data to create a produce to sell to those who want to advertise.  The search functionality is only a byproduct of their business model now.

BBS's have their own search functionality anyway.

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