Posted on 06/22/2017 10:32:01 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
I dropped in Google today. In the past, I could find articles posted at Freerepublic using a keyword search. Now all I can see is a link to Freerepublic and a small text window for a keyword search inside Freerepublic. All links to Freerepublic articles were deleted, except a few which mention Freerepublic and Google together.
Is it due to Freerepublic's request or Google's unilateral attempt to erase Freerepublic's footprint on Internet?
This question has been asked so many times it belongs in the FAQ.
FR used to do an external linking thing which used an interstitial page that forwarded you to the target page. That’s what you’re seeing the remnants of in those searches.
Current content is still indexed as it should be. Ex: https://www.google.com/search?q=%2Bsite:freerepublic.com+%2Brand
killjoy. that had real potential.
Ha ok next time I will wait until 100 hysterical we’re-being-censored posts are on the thread before enlightening the crowd.
Or, “What an evil Google.”
Google’s management doubtless does think FR is evil, but also considers it important enough to watch. Glorify God. It could be worse.
Old FR content is still remembered, even. Google for “Rednecks Built America.”
It’s a conspiracy. The pancake bunny and the aw shit guy are working it from the inside. The NSA is on to all of us.
I miss the old cache function
That died after the clowns and the other stupids
well
then
Both hits refer to the same web page, but one uses the domain name and one the IP address. Strange that the second one shows up.
Lol. I like that guy.
think, people. think !!!
I been using goduckygo but they don’t seem to have a different filter.
I don’t see anything unusual; then again I don’t let Google run their nasty little pieces of Javascript on my machines, except where necessary for business purposes and then only in a tightly controlled environment.
As an IT professional, I simply don’t give out authorization to run programs on my computer except on a need-to-have basis. Decades later it’s still stunning to me that people allow unknown sources to run arbitrary code on their computers.
Been wondering the same thing lately.
I can’t use Google anymore to search articles I wrote in the past or posts...
If you raise issues like this, they tend to view it as mindless obsession of some techie nuts.
I’m simply ahead of the curve. The day will come when even the average consumer sees the importance of having a virtual condom wrapping up network activity. Poke holes at your own risk!
I just searched
“dropped in Google today. In the past, I could find articles posted at Freerepublic using a keyword search”
on google and this thread comes up.
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