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Re:Only Google is really allowed to crawl the web by tyingq on Friday March 26, 2021 @12:30PM (#26594019)
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.

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Re:Only Google is really allowed to crawl the web by BeFlatXIII on Friday March 26, 2021 @02:23PM (#26595230)
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.
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Re:Only Google is really allowed to crawl the web by Mauricebranagh on Friday March 26, 2021 @12:58PM (#26594338)
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.

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