Along with istockphoto and the majority of stock photo sites for deceptively using the word "free".
“Pinterest needs to be removed from Google IMO”
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#92While they are at it please remove LinkedIn. You can't actually view anything on any page without logging in. Why is it listed at all? Seems pretty deceptive to me.
If you come with a google referrer you can still see the basic information of a profile.
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#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can we also ban Elsevier and get Google to replace their links with Sci-Hub links?
On the version of Internet from the 90's? Totally. Could anything like that happen on the CommerceNet, post EME (Encrypted Media Extensions)? (Sept, 2017) Hardly. (And your name is now on a list for suggesting something so subersive, citizen.)
Google didn't exist on the version of the Internet from most of the 90's. :)
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#94Same could/should be said about Lyst when it comes to fashion.
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#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
>AFAIK there is almost no OC on Pinterest anyway. And this is the key point. By removing Pinterest from the search results the user doesn't lose almost anything.
This brings up a great point. Why does Google not just extract whatever information Pinterest is providing and provide that directly in Google Images as SERP? If none of the content in Pinterest is original, what value are they providing the user? Pinterest is the "experts-exchange.com" of digital imagery, except EE at least had (gated) original content.
They're providing negative value by stropping the context from stolen images and repackaging them into mindless streams and ensuring that you can't get to the images without signing up.
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yep. I've encountered this way too many times. And you'll find the picture you're looking for and it will only be on Pinterest. Then you click on to Pinterest and there is zero context for the picture. WTF? No links. Nothing. I'll never understand Pinterest.
It's a site which allows stolen images to be shown. Showing the context (their origin) would prove that they are stolen, so they don't show it. It really poisons the results of searches.
it s amazing how many people use it for so many different subjects. or are they paying people to tag images?
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#97It should, but this also illustrates a problem with Google Search that they'll need to grapple with in the future. Namely, that while they should treat all sites equally, in practicality there's not really much incentive to on their part. Think about it. Let's say Google does remove Pinterest altogether, banning the site as a punishment for 'gaming' the system. What then? The people that do search for Pinterest will…
> Let's say Google does remove Pinterest altogether, banning the site as a punishment for 'gaming' the system.
> What then?
Pinterest takes 2 days to write some code and start showing us the content that Google indexes and fixes the complaint. They start complying with the same rules that apply to us, get indexed properly, and everybody's happy.
It's not like Pinterest is set in stone and we can never change what it does.
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#98I haven’t had any of these problems while using DuckDuckGo.com
bing images or yandex images have less spam imho
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#99I haven’t had any of these problems while using DuckDuckGo.com
Yeah, I've been sporadically trying them out for many many years and never lasted a week, until last year. I use DDG exclusively since half a year now and rarely even feel compelled to use !g google redirect. Congrats @yegg and the team!
I tried the same but I still find myself using !g all the time when I really want to find something.
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#100I used to use Pinterest regularly. It was a good way to capture ideas and share them with others. Now I cringe whenever I accidentally click on a Pinterest link. The product is dead to me, there is zero chance I'd ever willingly install or open the app.
It's strange to see what was originally a useful tool turn into well-funded SEO spam.