Re:It seems that Google is forgetting the old web
by xorand on Monday April 08, 2019 @10:27AM
(#19605486)
Somebody starts a site for collecting "scholar dropouts"?
An article qualifies as a scholar dropout if:
- it was previously available on Google Scholar
- it cannot be retrieved, or the search on Google Scholar gives a misleading result (for example it gives another article, as explained in [1])
Please help to make a list of scholar dropouts! Thank you.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19604722 HN comment with evidence
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19604955 HN reply with another evidence
Re:It seems that Google is forgetting the old web
by xorand on Monday April 08, 2019 @09:53AM
(#19605181)
Is this recent? In my case I noticed it yesterday.
Re:It seems that Google is forgetting the old web
by eruci on Monday April 08, 2019 @10:35AM
(#19605564)
The articles are still on Google Search though: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Arepo.risat.org
Fingers crossed they don't get dropped from the main index too.
Re:It seems that Google is forgetting the old web
by eruci on Monday April 08, 2019 @09:57AM
(#19605212)
I also just noticed it. No idea when the rest of the papers were dropped.
Re:It seems that Google is forgetting the old web
by xorand on Thursday April 11, 2019 @05:36PM
(#19639481)
I sent today a message to Google Scholar with this https://support.google.com/scholar/contact/general
We've come to rely on Google too much, so much that if you are not on Google you don't exist. That's a problem with researchers that are looking for articles to cite.