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Re:Google serving sponsored link to Homebrew site clone with... by bcye on Monday January 20, 2025 @09:15AM (#42768936)
It's explained in replies to the tweet, Google apparently lets you specify a "display URL", that's updated immediately but only verified within 24h for trusted accounts. (https://eligrey.com/blog/link-fraud/)
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Re:Google serving sponsored link to Homebrew site clone with... by __jonas on Monday January 20, 2025 @09:21AM (#42768999)
Ah thank you! Replies are not visible without a Twitter account so I didn't see that.

Seems like an absolutely terrible idea.

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Re:Google serving sponsored link to Homebrew site clone with... by bcye on Monday January 20, 2025 @09:31AM (#42769086)
fyi you can modify the URL to xcancel.com to view replies
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