It is perhaps another sign of how bad things have become with Google’s search results—full of algorithmically generated junk sites—that publications like CNET are driven to such extremes to stay above the sea of noise.

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    Google search has gone to absolute shit over the past few years. It’s inaccurate and oftentimes not even close to what you’re looking for.

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    The Library of Alexandria burning to the ground was a historical turning point, I wonder how comparable in terms of data are some of these larger, older sites? I don’t personally care too much about CNET, but they are one of many. The internet culling vast amounts of knowledge en-masse goes virtually unnoticed due to the invisible nature of its collections.

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    Daily reminder to contribute to Internet Archive and similar preservation sites.

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    “And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the [CNET article] passed out of all knowledge.” - LotR Tolkien