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cyu@sh.itjust.worksM to unions@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months ago

Google tests delisting Danish Union of Journalists website - "the fact that a union’s website is hidden from its own members in Google searches only underlines the extent of Google’s power"

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Google tests delisting Danish Union of Journalists website - "the fact that a union’s website is hidden from its own members in Google searches only underlines the extent of Google’s power"

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Denmark: Union website deindexed by Google in the firm’s latest search experiment
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The Danish Union of Journalists (DJ) website is no longer visible from Google’s search results for 1% of Danish users as part of a “time-limited ...
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  • Aurix@lemmy.world
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    One more reason to strengthen alternatives like Kagi, a paid search engine.

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      or SearxNG, the metasearch engine

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        SearxNG, the Meta search engine

        I know what searxng is, but your comment makes it look like it is owned by the company Meta.

        I feel like it would be more clear if meta wasn’t capitalized.

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          Sorry, I’m on mobile so, autocorrect just kicks in when it wants to.

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      99.9% of people will never pay

      • Aurix@lemmy.world
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        Enough to make it sustainable so far. Of course Google still needs governmental oversight to stop these instances of malicious censorship.

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    This is one of many reasons I no longer use google as a search engine anymore.

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    Wow. How far they fall. Jesus.

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