Re:Only Google is really allowed to crawl the web
by veltas on Friday March 26, 2021 @12:23PM
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I swear something like 50% of those digests are totally incorrect as well. It's amazing they have kept the feature because it has never had a very high signal-to-noise ratio. I never trust what's presented in these digests without double-checking the source page.
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Re:Only Google is really allowed to crawl the web
by tyingq on Friday March 26, 2021 @12:30PM
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I remember when rich snippets (one type of those widgets) came out there were a lot of funny examples. One for a common query about cancer treatments that pulled data from a dodgy holistic site saying that "carrots cured most types of cancer" (or something like that).
There was a similar one where Google emphatically claimed a US quarter was worth five cents in a pretty and large snippet graphic.
Re:Only Google is really allowed to crawl the web
by BeFlatXIII on Friday March 26, 2021 @02:23PM
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The most memorable rich snippet humor I've seen is a horse breeder sharing a story of how her searches gave snippets with my little ponies as the preview image.
Re:Only Google is really allowed to crawl the web
by Mauricebranagh on Friday March 26, 2021 @12:58PM
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I recall in the last uk election google got the infographic of party leaders about 60-70% wrong.
And quite often a people also ask refine is just some random guys comment from redit.