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Re:Prevent Google from mangling search result links when cli... by akkartik on Monday September 27, 2021 @03:32PM (#28675038)
Their search results used to be great before they started doing this. In fact, they've started to suck more in the past 10 years, though probably for unrelated reasons. As the Conchords say, "what are your overheads?"
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Re:Prevent Google from mangling search result links when cli... by quotemstr on Monday September 27, 2021 @06:29PM (#28676866)
> Their search results used to be great before they started doing this

Google is in an arms race with SEO --- one Google is gradually losing. Removing relevance signals will make search results worse. That Google was able to deliver excellent results ten years ago is irrelevant today: the environment is different and if they went back to what they were doing then, results would be far worse now.

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