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Pinterest is the worst thing on the web. I do not understand why google puts pinterest links as the top search results constantly, even though it is a completely shallow and pointless page that merely obfuscates the content I would actually want to see from some other site. Why would i want to see what is effectively a notice of someone saying they like a webpage, rather than the webpage? And considering google claimed they would penalize sites for giving one set of content to googlebot and something else completely to users, pinterest shouldn't be in search results at all.


I wonder why rights holders don’t issue takedowns to Pinterest for their google results. Usually the image only supports Pinterest as a way to try to get someone to sign up. There are no links through to the creator

Edit: takedowns to google for Pinterest google results.




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