Edit: This site is great, really good for people who haven't seen it. (Please stop downvoting me:))
Am I missing something here? This site is well known and I have been using it as reference for a long time.
Am I missing something here? This site is well known and I have been using it as reference for a long time.
For me, I haven't worked with Go before so it's nice to see a resource like this as it's appealing as an outsider. Maybe it's the thing that pushes people from just hearing about something to actually try it out themselves.
It's common for old stories get reposted, and it's fine since it's impossible for everyone to be aware of everything all the time.
It's quite possible that the specific search terms you use (eg I never include "example" when Googling about Go[1]) and Google's personalisation (eg favouring resources you've used previously) would result in different search results to what other people might receive.
[1] Since any resource offering help in programming will include example source code, I always considered the search term "example" to be redundant.
Plus on queries that generic, a lot of people might just go straight to golang.org and re-read their docs.
Obviously this isn't the case for everyone, but it would explain why I've personally never heard of gobyexample.com before.