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You could list the contact info on a different page and just link to it "to contact this author, click here"

• uxp100 6y ago
  Yeah, sounds like that would work. Wired definitely should do that for her. The implementation of this google search feature also seems to be astonishingly stupid.
• nefitty 6y ago
  That's one way. Each writer seems to have a dedicated profile page anyway at wired.com/author/first-last. I understand that the search term “mackenzie bezos phone number” is an example of a semantic search, but the search result pictured clearly states that the contact info belongs to the journalist in question. The issue is not solely in Google’s hands, then, and they seem to actually be at a juncture where the problem they would have to solve might be a wicked one. Why is it not the fault of the people who mindlessly reach out to the journalist? Why is it not Wired’s fault? Why don’t professionals have some tools in place to screen incoming comms? The article is interesting and it could have added more depth to the problem by further exploring some of those contributing factors.
• lonelappde 6y ago
  Or just move it a few more sentences away from MacKenzies name, or possibly add some more HTML tag gunk to separate it, or out then author's name near the phone number.
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