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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by joe_the_user on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @10:42PM (#37071281)
Yeah,

Once upon a time, Matt Cutts would come on HN give a fairly knowledgeable and authoritative explanation of how Google worked. But those days are gone and I'd say so are days of standing behind any articulated principle.

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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by dannysullivan on Thursday August 10, 2023 @11:56AM (#37077821)
I work for Google and do come into HN occasionally. See my profile and my comments here. I'd come more often if it were easier to know when there's something Google Search-related happening. There's no good "monitor HN for X terms" thing I've found. But I do try to check, and sometimes people ping me.

In addition, if you want an explanation of how Google works, we have an entire web site for that: https://www.google.com/search/howsearchworks/

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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by allendoerfer on Saturday August 12, 2023 @05:11AM (#37098390)
Google Alerts come to mind.
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