I think it's an OK list (as far as these click-bait lists go). I just expected it to be nine tile-laying games, but instead they picked three things about Carcassonne (tile-laying, building and claiming, and scoring points in different ways), and picked three other games that fit into each of those categories.
Side note: I was explaining the tile-laying game Palmyra before a play on Wednesday night and one of the players didn't seem into it, so she said, 'Let's just play Carcassonne. It's the same but easier. I played it last week.'