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		meragrin_ on Aug 10, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve it... > It baffles me why this would be successful SEO -- and assuming that it actually isn't, it baffles me why CNET thinks it would be. If the content deleted is garbage, why wouldn't it help? No clue on CNET's overall quality, but I don't have a favorable image of it. Just had a look at their main page and that did not do it any favors.

not_kurt_godel on Aug 10, 2023 [–]

Because the remaining content is also garbage (probably even worse garbage gauging by the trends I observed before I started ignoring CNET altogether)

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