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If this search engine ever takes off, the listicle writers will just start optimizing for it too, right?


Mission accomplished, then.


If the goal was to remove modern web design, ok sure mission accomplished.

If your goal was to create a search engine that ignored listicles and other fluff and instead got you meatier results like "academic talks" and such, then no.


When a measure becomes a target, it ceases to be a good measure.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law




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