google.com/goto: Google's anti-scraping update(autom.dev)
631 points by 1e1a | 488 comments
Autom blog post explaining that Google Search now rewrites organic result links to google.com/goto redirect URLs, affecting scrapers.
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29 stories tagged google-search, newest first.
There's a new "Google Jail" for independent wikis(weirdgloop.org)
503 points by pizzaiolo | 207 comments
Weird Gloop blog post explaining why its new Overwatch and Fortnite wikis launched on weirdgloop.org subdomains due to a 2024 Google change penalizing brand-new domains.
Google AI Mode shows same products 21.6% more expensive than traditional search(productrise.app)
349 points by DeepLogin | 70 comments
Productrise blog post analyzing how Google AI Mode shows the same products at prices 21.6% higher on average than traditional Google search results.
As AI eats the web, the internet’s collective memory is disappearing(thewalrus.ca)
845 points by awnird | 844 comments
A Walrus essay by Vass Bednar arguing that Google Search is declining as AI reshapes the web, and that the internet's collective memory is disappearing.
We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot(blog.google)
610 points by sofumel | 548 comments
Google Ads & Commerce Blog post announcing Gemini-built ad formats being tested in Search and an expanded Direct Offers pilot for brands.
Apparently Google hates us now(twitter.com)
392 points by zeitg3ist | 204 comments
X post from Pokémon Central saying its Italian Pokémon wiki has been almost entirely deindexed by Google, showing 541K pages not indexed versus 11 indexed.
Google changes its search box(blog.google)
651 points by berkeleyjunk | 891 comments
Google Keyword blog post announcing new AI features and agents in Search and a redesigned AI-powered search box, presented at I/O 2026.
Tell HN: Fiverr left customer files public and searchable
722 points by morpheuskafka | 185 comments
A Tell HN post reporting that Fiverr served sensitive customer files via public Cloudinary URLs that are indexed by Google, exposing PII such as tax forms.
A new spam policy for “back button hijacking”(developers.google.com)
866 points by zdw | 489 comments
Google Search Central blog post announcing a new spam policy targeting sites that hijack the browser back button, with guidance for site owners.
I'm losing the SEO battle for my own open source project(twitter.com)
448 points by devinitely | 226 comments
An X article by Gavriel Cohen arguing Google Search is broken as a fake NanoClaw site outranks the real site for his open source AI agent project.
Google de-indexed Bear Blog and I don't know why(journal.james-zhan.com)
381 points by nafnlj | 163 comments
A personal blog post by James Zhan describing how Google de-indexed his entire Bear Blog a month after he started it, with no apparent reason.
Everything that's wrong with Google Search in one image(bitbytebit.substack.com)
1079 points by recroad | 614 comments
A Substack post criticizing Google Search, showing that searching for Midjourney surfaces paid competitor ads above the actual product, which appears fifth.
AI overviews cause massive drop in search clicks(arstechnica.com)
690 points by jonbaer | 771 comments
Ars Technica article on a Pew Research Center analysis finding Google's AI Overviews sharply reduce clicks to websites from search results.
Death by AI(davebarry.substack.com)
494 points by ano-ther | 188 comments
Dave Barry's humorous Substack essay about Google AI Overview erroneously reporting that he had died.
Google shared my phone number(danq.me)
429 points by luu | 144 comments
Dan Q's blog post, also offered as a podcast episode, about Google exposing his personal phone number, apparently in search results.
Add "fucking" to your Google searches to neutralize AI summaries(gizmodo.com)
645 points by jsheard | 298 comments
Gizmodo article explaining that adding a profanity like "fucking" to Google searches suppresses AI Overview summaries in results.
Google's Results Are Infested, Open AI Is Using Their Playbook from the 2000s(chuckwnelson.com)
380 points by chuckwnelson | 413 comments
Blog post by Chuck W. Nelson arguing Google's search results are degraded and that OpenAI's ChatGPT search is following Google's early-2000s playbook.
CNN and USA Today have fake websites, I believe Forbes Marketplace runs them(larslofgren.com)
663 points by greg_V | 240 comments
Blog post by Lars Lofgren arguing that affiliate review subdomains on CNN and USA Today sites are operated by Forbes Marketplace as parasite SEO.
Google Cache is fully dead(seroundtable.com)
331 points by r721 | 170 comments
Search Engine Roundtable article from Sep 24, 2024 by Barry Schwartz reporting that Google's cached page feature has been fully removed.
Forbes Marketplace: The Parasite SEO Company Trying to Devour Its Host(larslofgren.com)
539 points by greg_V | 266 comments
Blog post by Lars Lofgren arguing that Forbes Marketplace operates as a parasite SEO business leveraging Forbes' domain authority for affiliate content.
Big media publishers are inundating the web with subpar product recommendations(housefresh.com)
609 points by beavershaw | 293 comments
HouseFresh blog post arguing Google search favors big media publishers' low-quality affiliate product recommendations over independent review sites.
Google search drops cache link from search results(seroundtable.com)
382 points by croes | 130 comments
Search Engine Roundtable article reporting that Google Search removed the cached page link from search results, with tips on how to still view the cache.
www.google.com – The page is blank when accessed(github.com)
390 points by mozvalentin | 225 comments
A GitHub issue in the webcompat/web-bugs repository reporting that www.google.com loads as a blank page in Firefox Mobile 121 on Android 13.
All DMCA Notices Filed Against TorrentFreak in 2023 Were Bogus(torrentfreak.com)
393 points by HieronymusBosch | 102 comments
TorrentFreak article reporting that every DMCA takedown notice filed against the site in 2023 was invalid, sent by anti-piracy companies.
Wired has removed "How Google alters search queries" story(wired.com)
454 points by r721 | 198 comments
An X post showing WIRED's editor's note that the op-ed "How Google Alters Search Queries to Get at Your Wallet" was removed for not meeting editorial standards.
CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve its Google Search ranking(theverge.com)
715 points by mikece | 509 comments
The Verge reports that CNET has been deleting thousands of old articles, a practice it calls 'pruning', to try to improve its Google Search rankings.
Newpipe.net removed from Google search results due to DMCA take down request(newpipe.net)
584 points by the-scrabi | 248 comments
NewPipe blog announcement that newpipe.net was removed from Google search results following a DMCA takedown request.
The Reddit blackout has left Google barren and full of holes – TechRadar(techradar.com)
361 points by pg_1234 | 312 comments
TechRadar opinion piece arguing that the Reddit subreddit blackout exposed how heavily Google search results depend on Reddit content.
Samsung considers moving to Bing as default search engine(sammobile.com)
562 points by carlycue | 686 comments
SamMobile news article reporting that Samsung is considering replacing Google with Microsoft Bing as the default search engine on Galaxy phones.