by Melissa Byleveld

Tag: YouTube

Dodging algorithms: Is de-optimisation a thing now?

Heard of the “Roneyrona”? When creating content for the web, often the entire point is to build association with a popular topic so your page might show up in related searches. But what happens when that topic is under heavy surveillance and subject to special treatment? It turns out, you make up a new obscure language that means nothing to the algorithm.