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  • This is a shame because Fandom is frequently terrible, but also consumes all the oxygen.
    by KingMob
  • It depends on which part. It is certainly heading down the same route as Wikipedia with all the problems that entails. You're usually better off on a smaller Fandom wiki as it won't have beeb taken over yet.

    The James Bond wiki is particularly bad, but Memory Alpha seems to be better run.

    by nephihaha
  • I dont know about this, I've been heading a wiki for a rather specific niche that was made about 1.5 years ago and it easily got most top results for it's focus in just a few months.

    It sounds like the issue isnt for "independent wikis" but for wikis competing with an existing domain already hosting one on the topic, in this case fandom.com's.

    by miladyincontrol
  • Google has been removing blogs from its searches for years now. You have to search for them specifically. All part of the de-democratisation of the web.
    by nephihaha
  • As a bandaid solution we probably just need a good base domain for game wikis attached to a somewhat trustworthy foundation (that won’t sellout to Fandom in a week). Agree that wierdgloop.org is not … great
    by rao-v
  • The bar has been raised on all web content for Google to index, esp new domains like you say but even some subdomains.

    That answer is quality content (higher than AI or human medians), links and pr and social activity and mentions, and then user experience.

    by josephjrobison
  • Courts should review past decisions

    Field v. Google, Inc. (2006)

    https://www.practicalecommerce.com/Search-Engines-Indexing-a...

    Authors Guild v. Google, Inc. (2015)

    https://www.flaglerlawgroup.com/a-new-era-for-fair-use-court...

    by leonidasrup
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