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Re:Until further notice, think twice before using Google to ... by mmcgaha on Friday February 03, 2023 @09:29AM (#34641418)
I was looking for info about an online acquaintance that I used to game with 20+ years ago. His handle is pretty unique but google would not return anything. Bing on the other hand had me finding all of his old post leading to his real name and now I am back in email contact. I get the feeling that google is just filtering out anything over a certain age and below a certain level of popularity.
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Re:Until further notice, think twice before using Google to ... by BizarreByte on Friday February 03, 2023 @11:56AM (#34643829)
Google heavily favours newness, I am sure of that. It used to be easy to find very old, but relevant results. The content still exists, but even with date filters it’s hard to find now.

It’s made supporting very old things (products, code, computers) extremely difficult.

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