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The Verge shows how Google search is useless (www.theverge.com)

submitted 6 months ago by sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The Verge published this spam article about the "best printers of 2024" to demonstrate how terrible Google's search results are. It now appears as the top non-sponsored post if you search "best printer" on Google.

I love a good, informative troll.

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[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 46 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Most annoyingly, it always recommends Fandom’s Wiki above better alternative wiki sites.

use Indie Wiki Buddy extension to get rid of fandom.
https://getindie.wiki/

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago

Or ublacklist to block any site: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublacklist/

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

That works too, but indie buddy works better because it gives you a direct link to the proper indie wiki page in search results rather than just blocking Fandom and leaving you with nothing.

[-] Matriks404@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

This extension stopped working correctly for me some time ago. It just stopped redirecting to breezewiki correctly.

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

Hmm. Has it updated, and have you allowed it the correct site permissions? Every once in a while it'll ask you to update the site modification permissions.

I've had zero issues with it on Firefox and DDG. May vary on other browsers and search engines though.

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