Re:Google No Longer Automatically Indexes Websites – WTF?
by Gasp0de on Monday June 05, 2023 @10:28AM
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I assume it is so that websites don't abuse it to build search boxes for their own sites without showing ads?
E.g. I can build a searchbox on mywebsite.com, and if you type "hamster" I'll just query google for "site:mywebsite.com hamster" and return the results to you. That way, my site can be static but still have a search box, and google has all the work but gets no money.
E.g. I can build a searchbox on mywebsite.com, and if you type "hamster" I'll just query google for "site:mywebsite.com hamster" and return the results to you. That way, my site can be static but still have a search box, and google has all the work but gets no money.