HACKER Q&A
📣 jnussbaum

What is the hardest part about finding high quality content online?


Hello all, Whether it be sifting through SEO links or not trusting you are getting the best resource available, What is the hardest part about finding high-quality content online?


  👤 ian0 Accepted Answer ✓
- Any relatively high traffic keyword has such spammy front pages that you have to append things like "reddit" or "hacker news" to your query to try and find something useful

- Anything that hints at the fact your looking for a product is dominated by the products themselves whereas a lot of the times you want unbiased advice, eg which category of product should I buy. Comparison sites themselves are very untrustworthy (for the most part)

- If your "learning" something (eg guitar, weight lifting, random hobby, programming) its usually a year or so in before you know the best resources to learn with. However insights like this aren't easy to find so everyone goes through the motions

- Again if your learning something the material is not split between "depth" levels. Eg the resources needed for learning about "black holes" for a layperson VS someone with a strong interest in space VS a physicist are different. As are news etc.

PS An improvement in search is badly needed, good luck with your project.


👤 soulchild37
Judging from your post history, it feels like you want to build a Google search engine alternative?

👤 statquontrarian
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