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Annoyed Redditors tanking Google Search results illustrates perils of AI scrapers (arstechnica.com)

submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

By adding "site:reddit.com” to search results, users can hone their search to more easily find answers from real people.

I’m convinced that media that keep saying this are in cahoots with advertisers who have noticed this ages ago and have astroturfed Reddit beyond being reliable source of information since then.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Yeah, it's really weird that people keep acting like Reddit hasn't been astroturfed to shit for years at this point. I wouldn't trust the product reviews I see there.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Just like it took a decade for media and mainstream to pick up Reddit, it'll take a decade for that to seep through.

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