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

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259 points pseudolus | 3 comments | 20 Nov 24 21:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.803s | 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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1. rockskon ◴[21 Nov 24 08:09 UTC] No.42202149[source]▶
Search has degraded substantially in the past 5 years for reasons wholly, completely, and absolutely unrelated to SEO blogspam.

Google of 5 years ago didn't ignore words in almost every single query I made. Google of 5 years ago didn't constantly give me irrelevant garbage because they keep ignoring the words I use in my query.

This is a wholly separate issue from SEO crap. Ignoring search terms is 100% a Google issue and is 100% Google's fault!

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2. Discordian93 ◴[21 Nov 24 09:10 UTC] No.42202454[source]▶
Yes they did. It has been getting steadily worse since 2014 or so.
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3. rockskon ◴[21 Nov 24 10:07 UTC] No.42202724[source]▶
It wasn't the majority of queries until the past 5 years though. What was once an annoyance became an active disruption to getting the information I'm looking for.