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Re:Popular Pirate Sites ‘Disappear’ from DuckDuckGo’s Top Se... by cortesoft on Saturday November 14, 2020 @02:41PM (#25094996)
Ok, but a search engine has to sort by SOMETHING
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Re:Popular Pirate Sites ‘Disappear’ from DuckDuckGo’s Top Se... by miked85 on Saturday November 14, 2020 @03:10PM (#25095219)
Right, but sorting results isn't the same as removing a subset entirely.
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Re:Popular Pirate Sites ‘Disappear’ from DuckDuckGo’s Top Se... by cortesoft on Saturday November 14, 2020 @04:13PM (#25095675)
Putting something last on a search result of thousands is basically the same as removing it entirely. Hell, even putting it on the second page is basically equivalent to not returning it at all.
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