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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1305860/google-search-testing-sign-in-to-verify-searches-are-human

Google Search is testing asking searchers to sign in to verify they are humans and not bots conducting the searches.

Google will stop showing you search results, as you click through the pages, and say "Sign in to verify you're a human and see more results."

Source: Search Engine Roundtable

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[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 23 points 3 weeks ago
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[-] kibblebits@quokk.au 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Got Gmail? Android? Chromium browser?

[-] flameleaf@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago

I use Gmail for work but don't use any other Google services unless yt-dlp counts.

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