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Linking directly to Google search results instead of a canonical destination link isn't usually the norm, so I almost dismissed this post, but I'm glad I didn't
by aspenmayer 1y ago
Linking directly to Google search results instead of a canonical destination link isn't usually the norm, so I almost dismissed this post, but I'm glad I didn't. Here's a clean version of the above URL without info about what browser initiated the search etc:
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22crosswords/v3/puzzles.json%22+site:www.reddit.com https://www.google.com/search?q=%22crosswords/v3/puzzles.jso...
I thought that this was overblown at first, but upon some research, I recall reading about Reddit doing something with translations a bit over a year ago. This change being reflected in Google search results and commented about online is somewhat more recent, and the effect described due to Reddit AI translations is more visible when searching due to changes in their robots.txt and sitemap from what I could tell from the links below. Reddit has rolled out AI translations site-wide, and apparently they have been working with Google to accomplish this, though the level of Google involvement is unclear.
https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/08/reddit-tests-automatic-whole-site-translation-into-french-using-llm-based-ai/ https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/08/reddit-tests-automatic-who... | https://archive.is/2QCx5 https://archive.is/2QCx5
https://www.gsqi.com/marketing-blog/reddit-ai-translations-google/ https://www.gsqi.com/marketing-blog/reddit-ai-translations-g... | https://archive.is/orMIi https://archive.is/orMIi
https://www.gsqi.com/marketing-blog/auto-translating-content-google-scaled-content-abuse/ https://www.gsqi.com/marketing-blog/auto-translating-content... | https://archive.is/RW154 https://archive.is/RW154