This Boring Headline is Written for Google

prostoalex writes "The New York Times is running an article on how newspapers around the country find their Web sites more dependent on search engines than before. The unexpected effect? Witty double entendres, allusions and sarcastic remarks are rewritten into boring straight-to-the-point headlines that rank higher on search engines and news-specific search engines. From the article: 'About a year ago, The Sacramento Bee changed online section titles. "Real Estate" became "Homes," "Scene" turned into "Lifestyle," and dining information found in newsprint under "Taste," is online under "Taste/Food."'"

Comments

Amen to that!

[MacDork]

I wish I had mod points right now.

Re:Completely WRONG direction to take.

[realityfighter]

I disagree. I think that disagreeing with someone is a perfectly good reason to mod someone down. In fact, when it comes down to it, that's the only criterion you can really have. Complaining that you were modded down "just because they didn't like what I said" is like complaining the party going against an incumbent candidate at election time is "just trying to get him out of office."

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