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Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by refulgentis »

falsandtru wrote: post #14

It looks like nothing more than a cost-cutting measure. Cache is needed for machine translation of PDFs. This change has made it difficult to read PDFs written in other languages.

I don't buy it, still accessible from translate.google.com, the Translate button in Chrome, etc. etc.

Probably just a ham-fisted 'change for the sake of change thing'. """Reimagining""" search can often get boiled down to the least common agreeable set of things across 3000 people. This is "simplification"

Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by grow2grow »

jdewerd wrote: post #18
Bnichs wrote: post #16

I'm excited for the day when Google finally bites the bullet and makes their biggest UI "upgrade" to date, removing the search bar and keeping pesky user input from interfering with targeted ad revenue.

The other day I did an AI related search and had zero organic results above the fold. It has begun.

I'm probably in the university library most weekends scanning books into my fine-tuned LLM. Y'all can enjoy the trash, I've had enough.

Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by throwup238 »

pcthrowaway wrote: post #3

Wow. A large chunk of the web just died. As if the echoes of millions of past websites cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened

You can also use the bang !wayback and create a custom one for archive.ph ("https://archive.ph/submit/?url=%s") and I have one for LibGen/Scihub too.

Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by falsandtru »

refulgentis wrote: post #31
falsandtru wrote: post #14

It looks like nothing more than a cost-cutting measure. Cache is needed for machine translation of PDFs. This change has made it difficult to read PDFs written in other languages.

I don't buy it, still accessible from translate.google.com, the Translate button in Chrome, etc. etc. Probably just a ham-fisted 'change for the sake of change thing'. """Reimagining""" search can often get boiled down to the least common agreeable set of things across 3000 people. This is "simplification"

Those don't work on PDFs.

Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by jpalomaki »

jfoutz wrote: post #30
elashri wrote: post #28

Well Google is making more me convinced each day with my investment in kagi $10 subscription. Kagi native support for archive wayback is one of the most useful features for me.

Kagi is rad. I signed up about two months ago. yeah. I'm not comfortable using it at work, so I search on my personal phone. it works like google should (or did). It's hard to quantify. But yeah. Write your own engine (which isn't crazy) or pay someone to do it for you (my solution). Yeah. it's worth a few bucks.

I believe the reason why Kagi "feels right" for ex-Google users is that they are actually using Google to power the search [1]. They have other sources as well, but since it feels so natural after 25 years of daily Googling, I assume Google is quite important source for generic search.

[1] https://help.kagi.com/kagi/search-details/search-sources.htm...

Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by SllX »

freediver wrote: post #7
pcthrowaway wrote: post #3

Wow. A large chunk of the web just died. As if the echoes of millions of past websites cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened

There is still archive.org

Archive.org is great but its always better to have more options. This is another nail in the Google that was cool.

Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by grumple »

Bnichs wrote: post #16

I'm excited for the day when Google finally bites the bullet and makes their biggest UI "upgrade" to date, removing the search bar and keeping pesky user input from interfering with targeted ad revenue.

The New Google Search: Just browse our page of endless ads until you find the result you're looking for!

Re: Google search drops cache link from search results

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Post by GartzenDeHaes »

Bnichs wrote: post #16

I'm excited for the day when Google finally bites the bullet and makes their biggest UI "upgrade" to date, removing the search bar and keeping pesky user input from interfering with targeted ad revenue.

> removing the search bar and keeping pesky user input from interfering with targeted ad revenue.

But how will they know what you are shopping for?

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