Google Removed 749 Million Anna's Archive URLs From Its Search Results (torrentfreak.com)
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- News link: https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/11/05/0018255/google-removed-749-million-annas-archive-urls-from-its-search-results
- Source link: https://torrentfreak.com/google-removed-749-million-annas-archive-urls-from-its-search-results/
> Google's [2]transparency report reveals that rightsholders asked Google to remove 784 million URLs, divided over the three main Anna's Archive domains. A small number were rejected, mainly because Google didn't index the reported links, resulting in 749 million confirmed removals. The comparison to sites such as The Pirate Bay isn't fair, as Anna's Archive has many more pages in its archive and uses multiple country-specific subdomains. This means that there's simply more content to take down. That said, in terms of takedown activity, the site's three domain names clearly dwarf all pirate competition.
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> Since Google published its first transparency report in May 2012, rightsholders have flagged 15.1 billion allegedly infringing URLs. That's a staggering number, but the fact that 5% of the total targeted Anna's Archive URLs is remarkable. Penguin Random House and John Wiley & Sons are the most active publishers targeting the site, but they are certainly not alone. According to Google data, more than 1,000 authors or publishers have sent DMCA notices targeting Anna's Archive domains. Yet, there appears to be no end in sight. Rightsholders are reporting roughly 10 million new URLs per week for the popular piracy library, so there is no shortage of content to report.
[1] https://torrentfreak.com/google-removed-749-million-annas-archive-urls-from-its-search-results/
[2] https://transparencyreport.google.com/copyright/overview
Google Search getting worse (Score:2)
So Google is shooting themselves even more in the foot. Their search is already questionable, and they keep making it worse.
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A couple of things:
Do people still actually use Google anymore?
Have the other search sites crawled Google content and grabbed a copy of the take down request. Along with the list of URLs?
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I'm using Kagi these days. It still has it indexed.
Typical Google (Score:1)
Good thing I already have the site bookmarked.
All This Makes Me Think About... (Score:2)
... is Bill Murray playing an endless game of 'whack-a-mole' with gophers in the movie [1]Caddyshack. [imdb.com]
Not saying that it's pointless (yet) to do so, but it sure seems headed that way.
At some future stage, all of this enforcement will not be worthwhile or manageable anymore.
The one thing that comes to mind is Gabe Newell, who proved that piracy is only a problem when the stuff isn't easily available. One could wish that publishers would come to their senses and roughly offer everything in a similar fashi
[1] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080487
Re:rightsholders asked Google to remove 784 millio (Score:5, Insightful)
Streisand moment? Anyone who's not heard of the site before, now has and so google's search results become irrelevant - surely?
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You can literally go to the report and see that. It has the website and who requested the removal.