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Google has reportedly removed much of Twitter's links from its search results after the social network's owner Elon Musk announced reading tweets would be limited.

Search Engine Roundtable found that Google had removed 52% of Twitter links since the crackdown began last week. Twitter now blocks users who are not logged in and sets limits on reading tweets.

According to Barry Schwartz, Google reported 471 million Twitter URLs as of Friday. But by Monday morning, that number had plummeted to 227 million.

"For normal indexing of these Twitter URLs, it seems like these tweets are dropping out of the sky," Schwartz wrote.

Platformer reported last month that Twitter refused to pay its bill for Google Cloud services.

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[-] OasissisaO@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago

Not that I frequented Twitter that often, but damned if forcing me to login is going to happen.

I'm not trying to do anything to increase their traffic or numbers.

[-] BrainisfineIthink@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago

I've never had a Twitter account. I've never wanted one or needed one to be honest. I do feel like the easiest way to make yourself irrelevant is to gate keep yourself and allow a competitor to just copy your entire platform which appears to be what's happening.

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[-] deweydecibel@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So, in addition to the "haha lol get fucked Elon", it simultaneously feels a little shady for Google to immediately do this immediately after payment stops. Not saying it's a direct retaliation but it's a bad look all the same. There are a lot of sites that do shit exactly like what Musk is doing to Twitter, and they get put in results all the time. I've had to use add-ons to de-pintreat my results.

And just for the record, Elon musk is a dangerous idiot and he needs brought down in the most extravagant way possible. I'm not bringing this up in defense of his bullshit.

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[-] WhoRoger@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Sorry for off topic, but what is rawstory? It's on some tracking blocklist and that url is funny. Although it looks just like any other news site.

[-] Candelestine@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

Ah, that's gonna sting. Google is still most people's gateway to finding stuff.

[-] toototabon@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago

What would be a good search engine alternative?

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