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Re:The internet is an SEO landfill by FutureSpec on Sunday June 23, 2019 @03:39PM (#20258187)
I find that hard to believe. I used the phrase "home coffee brewer stopped working" just now in Google and see nothing but troubleshooting articles and forums from the very first result onward.
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Re:The internet is an SEO landfill by userbinator on Sunday June 23, 2019 @04:32PM (#20258480)
If you put in an exact model then I suspect the results will be very different.

The other infuriating thing that's related is if you're trying to find a schematic or service manual, Google thinks you're just looking for the (often useless) user manual. Searching for the user manual does not make it think you're looking for the service manual... it's absolutely idiotic, because who would search for "service manual" but actually want a user manual? Beyond some weird conspiracy theory involving anti-right-to-repair, I can't explain why.

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Re:The internet is an SEO landfill by hombre_fatal on Sunday June 23, 2019 @05:16PM (#20258730)
I don't even understand the thread-OP's complaint. Googling "bike forums" gives me pages of what they say they can't find.
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