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Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead. Google Search will no longer make site backups while crawling the web. (arstechnica.com)
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Google will no longer back up the Internet: Cached webpages are dead. Google Search will no longer make site backups while crawling the web.::Google Search will no longer make site backups while crawling the web.

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[–] emeralddawn45@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I mean sure, searches are basically useless now and the internet is filled with ai and seo garbage, but most everything is also still out there /somewhere/, even if it may only be in like the archive of the NSA. Plus when ai gets a bit better certain people will probably be able to link everything you've ever said to your "advertising profile" (Google basically already does this). Plus I've been saying for years that soon enough there'll be a facial recognition crawler app where you upload a photo of someone and it shows you every picture they've ever appeared in. Although with how good deep fakes are now this is arguably less concerning.

[–] Firenz@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

I’ve been wondering for a while now if we’re even getting real results or if the seo results have made crawlers (as we know it) largely redundant. I doubt google has any real incentive to move away from the model that is now in place, unless they do intend to launch a paid service (free from the above mentioned garbage) alongside the existing service should competitors like kagi present a real threat to their business.