Google Search Upgrades Make It Harder for Websites to Win Traffic

Re:Google Search Upgrades Make It Harder for Websites to Win... by Klathmon on Monday July 13, 2020 @12:43PM (#23822755)

I tried the same thing and the answer was:

> It may take a lab about 24 hours to run your test. But you might not get your results for several days.

That seems pretty reasonable, and it in no way seems authoritative to me (it sounds like an estimate).

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Re:Google Search Upgrades Make It Harder for Websites to Win... by cj on Monday July 13, 2020 @12:55PM (#23822885)

Yes, if you read it carefully, it says "several days". I think most people searching will see 24 hours, and then click away without analyzing so carefully.

Several days is still far off from 7-10 days.

The point is, I'd much rather see a link to my county's official Covid-19 testing information site, rather than an arbitrary outdated snippet pulled from a WebMD article. Google's "best guess" answer is often pretty bad.

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