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Re:It seems that Google is forgetting the old web by vissi on Monday April 08, 2019 @09:49AM (#19605144)
Well, search may have bugs (or undocumented features) too, I have googled content from other pages on this site (related to Metallica). Page 6 for example: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Listen+up+you+fags+metall...
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Re:It seems that Google is forgetting the old web by founderling on Monday April 08, 2019 @10:02AM (#19605265)
I don't think the articles premise is that Google axed all content older then 5 years or so. But that it gradually discards old unique content.

Which goes against the original mission of Google to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible".

A "bug" could be an option, but I don't expect that to be the reason. It's too easy to find examples of forgotten content. And I don't think a bug of that magnitude in Googles core business would go unnoticed.

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Re:It seems that Google is forgetting the old web by misterman0 on Monday April 08, 2019 @11:08AM (#19605862)
>> Googles core business

Which core business are you referring to?

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Re:It seems that Google is forgetting the old web by dx034 on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @04:20AM (#19612747)
Search. They still form a major part of their business. Through direct ad revenues but also to redirect traffic to other Google products (e.g. Maps, Youtube).
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