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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

From what I understand, web crawlers see a totally different version of the site than users do

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Only due to using a different user agent, it's totally possible to build a for-the-people pagerank that would see what we see and deprioritize stuff like ads and fluff on recipe pages