I think that reflects a change in the way the web is used.
Anecdotally, I clicked on the monkey.org link, poked around for thirty seconds, found
- an FAQ that didn't answer any questions I had
- a list of users (no particular reason to click on any, so I didn't)
- a list of domains (no particular reason to click on any, so I didn't)
... and no understanding of what "monkey.org" was or is. I've learned more reading the comments on this HN post than I did from the website.
This isn't to say monkey.org should change anything about what it's doing; it seems to be what it wants to be, and that's great. But a search engine isn't going to index that highly, because it generally answers nobody's questions about anything.
Anecdotally, I clicked on the monkey.org link, poked around for thirty seconds, found
- an FAQ that didn't answer any questions I had
- a list of users (no particular reason to click on any, so I didn't)
- a list of domains (no particular reason to click on any, so I didn't)
... and no understanding of what "monkey.org" was or is. I've learned more reading the comments on this HN post than I did from the website.
This isn't to say monkey.org should change anything about what it's doing; it seems to be what it wants to be, and that's great. But a search engine isn't going to index that highly, because it generally answers nobody's questions about anything.