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Re:Google Search Is Dying by graeme on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @11:56AM (#30349100)
Anyone know the origin of the fresh rule, and the purpose? It makes sense in some niches but in others it is so obviously bad I wonder why Google added it
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Re:Google Search Is Dying by visarga on Tuesday February 15, 2022 @01:13PM (#30350361)
There was a big news event once (forgot what) and Google was only showing aged pages at the time. So they started prioritizing freshness.
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