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		barbariangrunge on Aug 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: CNET is deleting old articles to try to improve it... The real reason: hiding it from ai scrapers?

jzb on Aug 12, 2023 | [–]

It’s on archive.org, is that really going to work?

dylan604 on Aug 10, 2023 | | [–]

something about bathwater and babies comes to mind

cratermoon on Aug 10, 2023 | [–]

Underrated comment. This has to be part of it.

dbbk on Aug 10, 2023 | [–]

If it were truly just about Google rankings they would noindex the pages

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