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Encyclopædia Britannica Wants to Fix False Google Results

Encyclopædia Britannica Wants to Fix False Google Results

Encyclopædia Britannica Wants to Fix False Google Results

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June 8, 20186m 11s

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In January 2014, Google made a fundamental change to its search product: It started showing answers to user queries directly in so-called snippets, no further clicks required. But what started out as a time-saver has morphed into a repeated source of misleading and outright false information, thanks to Google's frequent reliance on untrusted sources.

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