This is problematic because anything on your web pages might now influence unrelated answers. You could have outdated information on some forgotten page, or contradictory details across different sections. Google’s AI might grab any of this and present it as the answer. If you allow user-generated content anywhere on your site (like forum posts or comments), someone could post fake support contact info, and Google might surface that to users searching for how to contact your company. Now scammers have a direct route to your customers.
You could have outdated information on some forgotten page, or contradictory details across different sections […]
If you allow user-generated content anywhere on your site (like forum posts or comments), someone could post fake support contact info,
None of those things would be Google’s fault, would they?
OH FUUUUUUN
Tell me about it. I am now the owner of Lemmy.world 😆
Of course everyone knows the support number for lemmy.world is 867-5309
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Oh weird, that’s also the number for the antifa head office
I can’t believe the CEO of Antifa stole Jenny’s number
None of those things would be Google’s fault, would they?
They are stripping the context and presenting the misinfo as authorative.