• AlolanYoda@mander.xyz
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    Appending “site:reddit.com” to a Google search has become a popular trick for weeding SEO farms and other attention-seeking websites out of Google results, but if this change goes through, you might not be able to access Reddit from search at all.

    Even this article knows.

    If this goes through then my reddit usage will officially reach 0, as Google results are how I end up there nowadays anyway.

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      Same for me, only use it for questions on niche topics mostly, but if they remove themselves from google i won’t do that either.

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      Yup. It’s a huge shame, because

      site:reddit.com …some nuanced technical problem or error..
      

      is often just as good as - if not better than - stackoverflow.

      Ah well, guess we’ll all have to memorize some more computer science things…

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      It just sucks that we’re gonna lose a decade of community knowledge on so many topics. Honestly if I have a question for the internet, whether it’s dealing with bugs on my houseplants or buying water proof walking boots, I always add ‘reddit’ to my Google searches.

      Shane there isn’t a way to move it all on to a stackoverflow type site.

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      I use untrackme on Android to redirect Searx results to RedReader, and to redirect Voyager or Eternity to Stealth. I deleted all my accounts, I will delete those redirects if this happens.

      ETA : I can’t find the arstechnica article, but this has been a thing for awhile. Reddit search is garbage, you have always needed an outside search to find anything.