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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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People who haven't gotten into habit of googling stuff in the last 20 years might not get into it at all anymore because of how search engines are gamed with SEO spam tactics nowadays (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Nah.

What the average user is looking for is almost certainly gonna be near the top of a Google search.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (7 children)

What are "SEO spam tactics"? I would google, but am afraid of that now.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think I just figured it out, Search Engine Optimization?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wasn't seo revamped like decades ago because it was prone to spam? And now is best bid get to be in the first pages/results?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If they haven't gotten into this habit in the last 20 years anyways, I don't think the SEO spam was that last straw. That ship has sailed.

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