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I actually did a virtual toast when google results started offering the [x] removal/non-relevant option for the sole reason that I could have a say in removing
by dpnewman 17y ago
I actually did a virtual toast when google results started offering the [x] removal/non-relevant option for the sole reason that I could have a say in removing e-e results whenever they showed up. How many times I have clicked on a e-e link and cursed my way to the backspace key? I honestly cannot count. I don't begrudge a pay business model at all! .. just being honest that as a busy programmer, knowing that my answer lies somewhere on a free forum, I so often end up wasting time with a tease of an answer lying behind a CC wall.
- paulgb 17y agoSame here. What really bugs me is that Google could have made their users happier and put this thing to rest years ago if they just gave e-e an ultimatum, or better yet, dropped them from the index without warning. That's what they did to other sites, for example: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4685750.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4685750.stm
- lucumo 17y agoAccording to that article BMW was breaching Google's guidelines. No such thing can be said for Experts-Exchange. The simple fact that you don't like Experts-Exchange should not be any reason for Google to remove the page. I personally don't mind the EE pages. They tend to have good answers from time to time. I have a bigger beef with sites like mysqlperformanceblog.com that frequently get their search result pages indexed. Pointless crap.
- paulgb 17y agoEE might not breach the guidelines now, but they used to. I remember having to switch my user agent to Googlebot to get results.