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Google stops letting sites like Forbes rule search for "Best CBD Gummies"

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212 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 21:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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Ancalagon ◴[20 Nov 24 22:25 UTC] No.42198762[source]▶
Hopefully this is a step in the right direction. Google's search results have gotten so bad - seems like even some of the simplest searches are just packed with AI generated and SEO garbage. I don't even want SearchGPT do take over the search market space because I'm almost sure it will still be garbage. Just bring back the google from 5-10 years ago please :(.
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paxys ◴[20 Nov 24 23:17 UTC] No.42199148[source]▶
> Just bring back the google from 5-10 years ago please

What you really want is the internet from 5-10 years ago (really even longer than that), and that's not coming back.

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Terr_ ◴[21 Nov 24 03:03 UTC] No.42200675[source]▶
A close approximation might be a search-mode which penalizes results based on how many ads they have and how much of the page they cover...
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1. nielsbot ◴[21 Nov 24 05:42 UTC] No.42201477[source]▶
i would love for pages to also be ranked by readability…

seems like local news sites are the absolute worst in this area