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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by graeme on Thursday August 10, 2023 @12:36AM (#37072006)
How many pages are we talking about here?
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Re:CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Googl... by olalonde on Thursday August 10, 2023 @01:38AM (#37072368)
100K+. Mostly AI and user generated content. I guess the sudden increase in number of indexed pages prompted a human review or algorithm which flagged my site as AI generated? Not sure.
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