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Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Nahlej@lemmy.world to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] mkwarman@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

You can prepend a link with "cache:" to view Google's cached version of the site. This works automatically with the url bar in at least Firefox and Chrome (likely other browsers as well). If your browser doesn't support that you can enter it in the google search bar and the result will be the cached version of the site (if available)

[–] cloudynight88@beehaw.org 6 points 2 years ago

I've made a bad habit of attaching the word "reddit" to the end of too many of my searches even for questions that I should be looking for their answers in trusted sources instead of taking answers from random redditors the blackout has helped a little with avoiding that.

[–] Surufisu@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I've definitely felt like my Google searches have been lackluster after a lot of subreddits went dark. from advices to game communities, it sucks to check other forums you have no knowledge of browsing or worse shudders quora

[–] veryreal_user@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 years ago

I've run into this several times already

[–] ghostalmedia@beehaw.org 5 points 2 years ago

100% has this happen today. Wanted and answer, the only answer was on Reddit, and the Google link was busted.

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Didn't notice since I use Kagi...

I did notice that Kagi now informs us about how much tracking and shit the sites are using. It's an info badge for each url.

[–] mitchmahony@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Never heard about Kagi before, thanks for mentioning it! How is your experience with it? I tried DuckDuckGo for a while and wasn't to happy about it. Is it comparable?

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[–] thisjustin@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It is - but you can still access via archive.org and similar resources.

[–] jherazob@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Doesn't help for searches though

[–] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

You can copy the address of the search result into the way back machine or Google cache

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