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The title seems a bit misleading, Google do experiments like this all the time. Of course, should this change be permanent, we would have to be worried, but st
by daolf 7y ago
The title seems a bit misleading, Google do experiments like this all the time.
Of course, should this change be permanent, we would have to be worried, but stating that it is already the case is not true.
PS: here is one example: https://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2018/03/23/google-zero-search-results https://www.wordstream.com/blog/ws/2018/03/23/google-zero-se...
- jacquesm 7y agoEven as an experiment it is terribly misguided and that something like this would make it into the production environment as an experiment is a clear sign that they are actually considering rolling something like this out to the GP.
- daolf 7y agoI totally agree, I just think that "Google is currently experimenting removing URLs entirely from the search" would have been a more honest title.
- jacquesm 7y agoIt's probably that for that user that's what it looks like and then you combine that with HN's original title policy. It's not 100% perfect but it works most of the time.
- Finnucane 7y agoEven if it just a test, then they are doing it to gauge the result of the test. That result should be as negative as possible.