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Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by xtracto »

geuis wrote: post #74

This is a terrible shame. I wrote a browser extension back in 2005 or so called Commoncache to help the user view a page when slashdot hugged a site to death. It used a fallback mechanic where it would try Google cache, then the wayback machine, and finally coralcache. It was minorly popular and even included on a cd in an issue of MacWorld magazine. I have absolutely no idea what's happening with Google's project ma…

Darn, I've completely forgot about coral cache. From the /. times. I remember it being slow but super useful.

Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by bastawhiz »

hypeatei wrote: post #122

Another thing that they removed was the built-in "car loan calculator" It's odd because they still have the mortgage calculator. I can only imagine it was some weird agreement between Google and car companies to remove it.

I'd bet that it was unmaintained and underutilized, and someone filed a bug, and it was easier to justify removing than to fix it.

Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by hypeatei »

bastawhiz wrote: post #123
hypeatei wrote: post #122

Another thing that they removed was the built-in "car loan calculator" It's odd because they still have the mortgage calculator. I can only imagine it was some weird agreement between Google and car companies to remove it.

I'd bet that it was unmaintained and underutilized, and someone filed a bug, and it was easier to justify removing than to fix it.

It was very simple and I know many people who used it. The only thread I could find on it was this: https://support.google.com/websearch/thread/156391283/auto-l...

Can't imagine that takes much maintenance.

Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by slimsag »

zeroalpha wrote: post #98
sph wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah but they enshittified Reddit too, so many links are to "unreviewed" subreddits that force you to login. If it was not for Kagi putting some sanity back into search, Google and Reddit going to shit would have had me seriously reconsider this career and spending so much time online. I think it is abhorrent borderline criminal to place yourself at the centre of the Internet experience, and one day decide to make it…

Yeah exactly. Using reddit as a qualifier works only until everyone starts doing it. Thankfully for now we have old.reddit.com, until they deprecate that with some bullshit excuse in PR-english (who knows what will happen after the IPO). Then there's teddit, libreddit, etc., but they only work as long as reddit doesn't make a change. Feels like everything is a cat and mouse game these days.

Most people in tech aren't even using old.reddit.com

Ever notice people posting completely broken markdown? That's because they use new reddit, which disagrees about markdown newlines. I would guess >70% of programmers/tech people are using new reddit.

Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

rafark wrote: post #60
angry_octet wrote: post #6

The cache: qualifier does still work for me, but I fear it too is deprecated. Another incredible Google blunder. https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3Ahttp...

I have a feeling this has to do with AI and all the lawsuits regarding content and copyright, storing and displaying the contents of a third party website to the end user might not be the best idea right now (I know the way back machine exists but they’re not a for profit company like google).

Wouldn't this work in Google's favor?

"AI is doing a thing which we have already been doing for most of the internet's existence; this thing is central to the internet as we know it works today."

Versus

"AI is doing a thing that we stopped doing proactively because we thought it might be illegal, which also means it's clearly not that important to the web, please let us keep doing it for AI training."

Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by dev1ycan »

geuis wrote: post #75
kristopolous wrote: post #54

The Google of 20 years ago was a vastly superior product

I remember when Chrome first launched. It was such a beautiful product. The first major competitor to IE in years. Now, it's become the king it killed.

Chrome was beyond TERRIBLE compared to Firefox. Firefox: 1)Right click image 2)Save as

Chrome: 1)Right click image 2)Can't save as because Google decided so, just like Apple's mentality.

Imagine actually utilizing a browser where the maker decides you should not have access to basic features.

Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by MOARDONGZPLZ »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #126
rafark wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a feeling this has to do with AI and all the lawsuits regarding content and copyright, storing and displaying the contents of a third party website to the end user might not be the best idea right now (I know the way back machine exists but they’re not a for profit company like google).

Wouldn't this work in Google's favor? "AI is doing a thing which we have already been doing for most of the internet's existence; this thing is central to the internet as we know it works today." Versus "AI is doing a thing that we stopped doing proactively because we thought it might be illegal, which also means it's clearly not that important to the web, please let us keep doing it for AI training."

“So as you can see esteemed jury, we’re not just copyright infringing _now_, we’ve been doing it for years! So you must acquit!”

Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by 12345hn6789 »

whamlastxmas wrote: post #68
archerx wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don’t even know what the point of using google search anymore is...

Appending site:Reddit.com to everything bc Reddit search sucks

I personally am seeing issues with this too. Any time I search for something niche, and hence want some real world feedback, adding reddit to the search returns bot postings. Half the time you'll read comments that are fake reviews and the equivalent of Amazon bot reviews, in reddit comment form.

I long for the internrt of old. Everything is enshittified

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