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I'm not so sure. Google does deindexing at the request of others, and does it kicking and screaming. Maybe it also does it on its own and we don't notice it --

by bambax 3y ago

I'm not so sure. Google does deindexing at the request of others, and does it kicking and screaming. Maybe it also does it on its own and we don't notice it -- but in any case you can find as many "inappropriate" things as you want, searching Google, including images of all nature, or recipes for bad things, or descriptions of crimes, etc. So if Google is actually in the business of editing the web so that it conforms to puritain standards of appropriateness (which I doubt), it's not very good at it.

dragonwriter 3y ago
> I'm not so sure. Google does deindexing at the request of others. Maybe it also does it on its own and we don't notice it Google does unilateral deindexing too, and is open that it does so. Google may temporarily or permanently remove sites from its index and search results if it believes it is obligated to do so by law, if the sites do not meet Google's quality guidelines, or for other reasons, such as if the sites detract from users' ability to locate relevant information. We cannot comment on the individual reasons a page may be removed. However, certain actions such as cloaking, writing text in such a way that it can be seen by search engines but not by users, or setting up pages/links with the sole purpose of fooling search engines may result in removal from our index. Please read our spam policies pages for more information. https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/40052?hl=en https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/40052?hl=en People do notice it, and write “what do if it happens to you” articles about it: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/deindexed-by-google-how-to-recover/257921/ https://www.searchenginejournal.com/deindexed-by-google-how-...
- bambax 3y ago
  The quote is really about spam (although yes, it lets the door open to other removals without having to provide a reason). Anyway my point is really that current editorial rules of LLMs seem several orders of magnitude more restrictive than those of the Google index, and I think it's interesting to ask why.

by bambax 3y ago

dragonwriter 3y ago

> I'm not so sure. Google does deindexing at the request of others. Maybe it also does it on its own and we don't notice it Google does unilateral deindexing too, and is open that it does so. Google may temporarily or permanently remove sites from its index and search results if it believes it is obligated to do so by law, if the sites do not meet Google's quality guidelines, or for other reasons, such as if the sites detract from users' ability to locate relevant information. We cannot comment on the individual reasons a page may be removed. However, certain actions such as cloaking, writing text in such a way that it can be seen by search engines but not by users, or setting up pages/links with the sole purpose of fooling search engines may result in removal from our index. Please read our spam policies pages for more information. https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/40052?hl=en https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/40052?hl=en People do notice it, and write “what do if it happens to you” articles about it: https://www.searchenginejournal.com/deindexed-by-google-how-to-recover/257921/ https://www.searchenginejournal.com/deindexed-by-google-how-...

bambax 3y ago
The quote is really about spam (although yes, it lets the door open to other removals without having to provide a reason). Anyway my point is really that current editorial rules of LLMs seem several orders of magnitude more restrictive than those of the Google index, and I think it's interesting to ask why.