I often use the Internet to research things related to training, development and learning, and like you, I use the search engines. Over the years, I’ve become increasingly frustrated at the amount of junk that I have to wade through when looking for good content. I’m not here to criticize the businesses that somehow rank highly for terms, but have almost nothing to offer. But I am here to begin talking about a solution.
In the past we have created directories of articles on various topics — training and development has one here. Since we collect good stuff, we ended up sharing them, which is actually how our various directories got started, and why, truth be told, we offer directories on subjects that are of interest to ME! I like to develop tools that solve problems for me, because often my problems are the same as your problems. And then we can share them free, hopefully.