Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in the Brave browser

Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by thestepafter on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:07AM (#28926962)

I am surprised by this as well since Google is able to identify the origin of content (eg. Stackoverflow) and penalize sites for duplicating that content (or so they say). In my opinion it wouldn’t be difficult to identify the domains duplicating the content and penalize heavily. But, those sites are most likely displaying Google Ads so…

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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by Closi on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @07:19AM (#28929352)

I would assume this is easier if you are indexing more frequently and have been indexing for longer, and Google has more resources to allow them to crawl more often (another advantage to scale in search, which combined with other advantages of scale, is why Google has an effective monopoly IMO).

If you recently started crawling you won't be able to detect which content was 'first', and if you don't crawl as frequently as google you are reliant on your crawl frequency being quicker than the 'content stealing' speed.

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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by addingnumbers on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @12:13PM (#28932469)

> if you don't crawl as frequently as google you are reliant on your crawl frequency being quicker than the 'content stealing' speed.

No problem there. If a page hasn't been crawled, it won't be a search result.

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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by Closi on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @05:54PM (#28937274)

I mean you need to crawl often enough that you can determine which site stole content.

If a full crawl of the web takes 3 months and A steals content from B after 2 weeks, it may not be possible to easily infer that A has stolen from B rather than visa-versa.

If I crawl every week and see that A posted it on the first crawl, and B suddenly also had that content on the second crawl, I can infer that B stole from A.

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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by hsbauauvhabzb on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:18AM (#28927024)

I just wish I could configure google to not show certain domains such as W3schools without adding a complex search query or installing plugins

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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by dx034 on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @02:11AM (#28927328)

To be fair, w3schools and the like don't just copy content. They provide different information and, most importantly, present it differently from official docs. And for many, their way of presenting information may work better.

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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by hsbauauvhabzb on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @06:13PM (#28937489)

I acknowledge your opinion but still do not want to see that and several other spam sites over more official sources such as mdn.

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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by triceratops on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @10:32AM (#28931084)

The W3schools hate is a bit outdated. Even W3Fools[1] eventually backtracked and acknowledged that W3Schools has continuously improved and updated their content.

1. https://www.w3fools.com/

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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by bsder on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:25AM (#28927066)

This is such an easy optimization that Google has to have tried it and seen their ad revenue fall.

"Permanently remove this site from search results" seems like the absolute easiest "personalization" to implement.

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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by mynameismon on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @01:28AM (#28927086)

And the most certain too. You don't need to guess whether or not the user really needs that result

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Re:Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in ... by Nextgrid on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @07:32PM (#28938244)

But what will Google do if users end up banning the majority of websites with Google Ads and/or analytics?

The reason Google doesn't fight SEO spam (and just generally annoying/obnoxious behavior such as paywalls) more aggressively is because it doesn't want to bite the hand that feeds - all these spammy sites have ads or analytics that benefit Google.

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