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[–] dumbpotato@lemmy.cafe 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) SEO is scummy. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Routhinator@startrek.website 1 point 1 year ago Yep, I fought against it for years but eventually my new user intake was lower than the rate at which the typical user would fizzle out and move on. We had users that were there for 20 years and regulars, but without fresh ideas and posts things would get stale. So I had to yield and start adhering. Around 2018-2019 things really took a dive in traffic and I could not afford ads as it was all completely out of pocket, so I started a new codebase and rewrote it over 4 years in my spare time. The site before it shut down had a top grade from all of Googles site scanners and I had thought "Perfect.. now folks will trickle in again at the right rate.". And then the delisting. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Routhinator@startrek.website 1 point 1 year ago Yep, I fought against it for years but eventually my new user intake was lower than the rate at which the typical user would fizzle out and move on. We had users that were there for 20 years and regulars, but without fresh ideas and posts things would get stale. So I had to yield and start adhering. Around 2018-2019 things really took a dive in traffic and I could not afford ads as it was all completely out of pocket, so I started a new codebase and rewrote it over 4 years in my spare time. The site before it shut down had a top grade from all of Googles site scanners and I had thought "Perfect.. now folks will trickle in again at the right rate.". And then the delisting. permalink fedilink source parent