Hacker News with Generative AI: Google Search

Publishers say traffic to their sites has plummeted due to Google AI Overviews (bloomberg.com)
In the absence of clear answers from Google, creators have struggled to discern how much of their pain is due to AI Overviews or due to other changes in search.

Google Search, AI, Publishing, Traffic, News

7 points by coloneltcb 10 hours ago | 2 comments

Ask HN: How to stop Google from autocorrecting our company name? (ycombinator.com)
Our small cloud consulting company Autimo has been facing a frustrating issue with Google searches. Whenever potential clients try to search for our company name “Autimo,” Google automatically corrects it to “autismo,” which is obviously not ideal for our brand.

Google Search, Brand Management, SEO, Marketing

14 points by woleium 23 days ago | 12 comments

Google Quality Raters Guidelines Warns of Significant Scrolling on Recipe Blogs (seroundtable.com)
Another update in the revised Google Quality Raters Guidelines that was updated on January 23rd was that they added a section for recipe sites and said that requiring "significant scrolling" or making it hard to find the jump to recipe button is not a good thing.

SEO, Recipe Blogs, Google Search, Content Quality, User Experience

6 points by vincent_s 60 days ago | 0 comments

Google Says "Links Matter Less"–We Looked at 1M SERPs to See If It's True (ahrefs.com)

SEO, Google Search, Data Analysis

12 points by rapawel 63 days ago | 1 comments

Microsoft Bing Now Hides Google Search Results (seroundtable.com)
Recently, we saw Microsoft tricking searchers into thinking they were searching in Google and not on Bing.

Search Engines, Microsoft Bing, Google Search

7 points by redbell 77 days ago | 1 comments

Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search (techcrunch.com)
Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript, the widely used programming language to make web pages interactive, in order to use Google Search.

Google Search, JavaScript, Web Development, Technology

175 points by ungut 80 days ago | 144 comments

Google begins requiring JavaScript for Google Search (techcrunch.com)
Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript, the widely-used programming language to make web pages interactive, in order to use Google Search.

Google Search, Web Development, JavaScript

15 points by jmsflknr 81 days ago | 4 comments

More Than Half of All Google Search Takedowns Now Come from Link-Busters (torrentfreak.com)
Link-Busters is the unofficial DMCA takedown champion of 2024. The anti-piracy outfit works for many of the world's largest publishing companies and is currently flagging the majority of all 'pirate' URLs to Google search; more than two billion in total. Despite this stellar effort, book pirates are chalking up new records too.

Copyright, Piracy, Google Search, DMCA, Publishing

14 points by isaacfrond 96 days ago | 0 comments

Google search hallucinates Encanto 2 (bsky.app)

Google Search, Generative AI, Hallucinations, Entertainment, Encanto

25 points by zdw 100 days ago | 8 comments

Google Search Changes Are Killing Websites in an Age of AI Spam (cnet.com)
Google's major search algorithm updates this past year have left many smaller websites with no other choice than to lay off staff. The internet is worse for it.

Google Search, Online Content, Digital Media

4 points by jsheard 106 days ago | 0 comments

Google search destroyed our voice as a travel blog (and others) (viatravelers.com)

Google Search, Travel, Blogs

8 points by bwb 115 days ago | 2 comments

Google Year in Search 2024: The Breakout searches of the year (google)
From record-breaking Olympians and the global resurgence of country music, to the rise of an irresistibly charming baby hippo, 2024 was a year full of surprises no one saw coming.

Google Search, Trending Topics, Pop Culture

20 points by Jasondells 115 days ago | 3 comments

A subtle layout bug in Google Search: When CJK text-wrapping meets float (likang.dev)
Recently, I investigated an interesting layout bug in Google Search’s pagination component. I first noticed it a few months ago but thought it was caused by some Chrome extensions I had installed. Later, I set up a fresh browser profile and reproduced the issue, realizing it was a broader problem.

Web Development, Google Search, User Interface, Layout Bugs

81 points by kang_li 140 days ago | 25 comments

I just tested ChatGPT Search vs. Google – here's the results (tomsguide.com)

ChatGPT, Google Search, Search Engines, Artificial Intelligence, Comparison

31 points by isaacfrond 158 days ago | 30 comments

Google is getting even worse for independent sites (theverge.com)
An article in HouseFresh, a site dedicated to air quality, hit a nerve in February: it outlined how independent publishers have been gradually bumped out of Google search results, with big media companies taking their place.

Google Search, Independent Media, Journalism, Online Advertising

84 points by colinprince 160 days ago | 15 comments

Annoyed Redditors tanking Google Search results shows perils of AI scrapers (arstechnica.com)
A trend on Reddit that sees Londoners giving false restaurant recommendations in order to keep their favorites clear of tourists and social media influencers highlights the inherent flaws of Google Search’s reliance on Reddit and Google's AI Overview.

Google Search, AI, Social Media, Reddit, Reviews

19 points by akyuu 163 days ago | 5 comments

Why Google Search Is Falling Apart [video] (youtube.com)

Google Search, Search Engines, Technology, Video

22 points by eldaisfish 177 days ago | 3 comments

Nearly all of the Google images results for "baby peacock" are AI generated (twitter.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Image Generation, Google Search

415 points by jsheard 183 days ago | 418 comments

Google partners with Internet Archive to link to archives in search (9to5google.com)
Rolling out starting today, Google Search results will now directly link to The Internet Archive to add historical context for the links in your results.

Google Search, Internet Archive, Search Engines, History, Digital Preservation

64 points by bhouston 209 days ago | 22 comments

Ask HN: Did Google search change (for the worse) today? (ycombinator.com)

Google Search, User Experience, Technology, Web Search

10 points by elchief 229 days ago | 14 comments

The biggest loser in the Google search ruling could be Mozilla and its Firefox (fortune.com)

Google Search, Mozilla Firefox, Antitrust, Competition, Technology

33 points by jnord 244 days ago | 15 comments

Does Sundar Pichai/Search team know how bad Google search is? (ycombinator.com)

Google Search, Search Engines, Technology, User Experience

59 points by HEGalloway 247 days ago | 56 comments

Google search won't autocomplete searches related to Trump assasination attempt (ycombinator.com)