CNET deletes thousands of old articles to game Google Search

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Gizmodo / Thomas Germain / Aug 10, 2023

“Google says deleting old pages to bamboozle Search is ‘not a thing!’ as CNET erases its history.” —LO

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Owen, Laura Hazard. "CNET deletes thousands of old articles to game Google Search." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 10 Aug. 2023. Web. 14 Oct. 2024.

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Owen, L. (2023, Aug. 10). CNET deletes thousands of old articles to game Google Search. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved October 14, 2024, from https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/cnet-deletes-thousands-of-old-articles-to-game-google-search/

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Owen, Laura Hazard. "CNET deletes thousands of old articles to game Google Search." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified August 10, 2023. Accessed October 14, 2024. https://www.niemanlab.org/reading/cnet-deletes-thousands-of-old-articles-to-game-google-search/.

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