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

(arstechnica.com)
259 points pseudolus | 1 comments | 20 Nov 24 21:07 UTC | HN request time: 1.491s | source
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akira2501 ◴[20 Nov 24 22:08 UTC] No.42198624[source]▶
An entire department was just rendered useless. I genuinely don't feel bad.
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trompetenaccoun ◴[21 Nov 24 11:00 UTC] No.42203051[source]▶
I just used the exact prompt they give as an example and got the very spam they claimed to have removed. Vice, The Independent, Healthline, etc... all advertising those gummies in ads disguised as news articles.

So yeah, probably not actually rendered useless.

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1. 12907835202 ◴[22 Nov 24 12:58 UTC] No.42213455[source]▶
Is healthline spam? It's my go to whenever I have a medical question to add healthline to the search