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Protests broke Reddit hack for useful Google search results—and Google knows it (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@vlemmy.net to c/news@beehaw.org

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cross-posted from: https://vlemmy.net/post/317922

Alternate title: Google admits Reddit protests make it harder to find helpful search results

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[–] termus@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It feels like AI wrote it already. Try googling a windows error now. Instead of getting forums or a blog you get 10 shitty websites with lists of generic fixes that end with them recommending their shitty software that will absolutely not fix your issue.

[–] RandoCalrandian@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

and half of it is malware