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Re:Google to end the “top stories carousel” benefit to AMP n... by 0-_-0 on Thursday November 19, 2020 @03:20PM (#25153888)
Well I very strongly disagree that it would be visual noise. For me the priorities are:

1. website name so I can recongize it

2. page speed

3. page date

....

476. excerpt from the page text.

I consider the excerpt to be useless visual noise almost always, the page speed would be much more useful for me.

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Re:Google to end the “top stories carousel” benefit to AMP n... by mschuster91 on Thursday November 19, 2020 @07:30PM (#25156110)
> I consider the excerpt to be useless visual noise almost always

When searching for keywords (especially acronyms) with multiple distinct usages, excerpts provide context.

Additionally, they're a valuable tool to filter out junk.

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Re:Google to end the “top stories carousel” benefit to AMP n... by 0-_-0 on Friday November 20, 2020 @06:32AM (#25159454)
That's why I said "almost always", because almost always I don't search for acronyms.
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