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Google executives acknowledged this month they need to do a better job surfacing user-generated content after the recent Reddit blackouts.

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[–] Verqix 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Current way to search on google for me is: Add reddit to search string, and set data to before may 1st 2023 Copy link suggested by google and change reddit to reveddit or any of the alternatives there

Results will go out of date but maybe this will tide me over until a good lemmy search is up and running.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I'm not shocked whatsoever. Especially as of a few months ago, I only get SEO spam around 80% of the time, unless I stick [r word] in front of my query. It's not even just Google or just [r word] going to shit, I can see the internet of just 10 years ago dying in front of my eyes.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

We've been not happy with google search for years(Because it is garbage now) and it has very little to do with Reddit.

[–] dezmd 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My biggest concern with the downfall or even small proportional depopulation of Reddit is 100% going to be /r/sysadmin and /r/msp not being the best place to determine if there is an actual outage in progress for various cloud based IT services. I mean, it's a real, legit concern to worry over if you're in IT.

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[–] Anticorp 9 points 2 years ago

Users weren't happy with the search results before the blackout either, and "quite" has no part in it. Google traded quality results for revenue over a decade ago... right about the time they changed their Don't Be Evil motto.

[–] bemenaker 8 points 2 years ago

Hahahahhahahahah

That's pathetically laughable for google

[–] indigomirage 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I wonder about the odds that Google would buy reddit. Not saying it's a good thing, but it could be a strategic play for them.

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