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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026

Search for product reviews and you're apt to get a "site reputation abuse" result from a once-reliable outlet like *Forbes* filled with useless and even dangerous reviews, which are ranked far above independently maintained, rigorous competitors: pluralistic.net/2024/05/03/k... 32/

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Pluralistic: Google is (still) losing the spam wars to zombie news-brands (03 May 2024) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026

This has only gotten worse with AI search, which preferentially draws from spam sites to produce decontextualized, highly confident recommendations for substandard, overpriced junk, at the expense of recommendations for *good* products: pluralistic.net/2025/07/15/i... 33/

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Pluralistic: When Google’s slop meets webslop, search stops (15 Jul 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

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By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 29/06/2026

It's not like Google doesn't have the ability to sort the good from the bad. Kagi.com is a $10/month paid search engine whose results are *vastly* superior to Google's. 34/

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