On 19 Jan 2025 Harriet Bazley wrote:
> "The Google spokesperson told TechCrunch that, on average, ?fewer than
> .1%? of searches on Google are done by people who disable JavaScript.
> That?s no small number at Google scale. Google processes around 8.5
> billion searches per day, so one can assume that millions of people
> performing searches through Google aren?t using JavaScript."
Well .1% of 8.5 billion is still a big figure.
In any case I do have javascript turned on and still get blocked.
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Monday, 20 January 2025
Sunday, 19 January 2025
[netsurf-users] Re: Google search
On 19 Jan 2025 as I do recall,
Harriet Bazley wrote:
> Google.co.uk appears to have permanently disabled search results without
> JavaScript, after intermittent blocks: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42719865
>
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/17/google-begins-requiring-javascript-for-google-search/
"The Google spokesperson told TechCrunch that, on average, �fewer than
.1%� of searches on Google are done by people who disable JavaScript.
That�s no small number at Google scale. Google processes around 8.5
billion searches per day, so one can assume that millions of people
performing searches through Google aren�t using JavaScript."
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H. Bazley
Wimbledon SW19 020 3581 4684
Harriet Bazley wrote:
> Google.co.uk appears to have permanently disabled search results without
> JavaScript, after intermittent blocks: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42719865
>
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/17/google-begins-requiring-javascript-for-google-search/
"The Google spokesperson told TechCrunch that, on average, �fewer than
.1%� of searches on Google are done by people who disable JavaScript.
That�s no small number at Google scale. Google processes around 8.5
billion searches per day, so one can assume that millions of people
performing searches through Google aren�t using JavaScript."
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H. Bazley
Wimbledon SW19 020 3581 4684
[netsurf-users] Google search
Google.co.uk appears to have permanently disabled search results without
JavaScript, after intermittent blocks: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42719865
They don't currently appear to be doing anything than testing whether JS
is enabled in the browser, rather than actually using it to manipulate
the results display, because simply switching JS on in Netsurf produces
the same listings as before (whereas it has no effect on most 'requires
JavaScript' sites beyond slowing down the rendering of the page).
DuckDuckGo displays a completely blank page with nothing in it but a
text icon, which appears to work for searching with JS both on and off,
but is not reassuring....
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Harriet Bazley == Loyaulte me lie ==
Down with categorical imperatives!
JavaScript, after intermittent blocks: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42719865
They don't currently appear to be doing anything than testing whether JS
is enabled in the browser, rather than actually using it to manipulate
the results display, because simply switching JS on in Netsurf produces
the same listings as before (whereas it has no effect on most 'requires
JavaScript' sites beyond slowing down the rendering of the page).
DuckDuckGo displays a completely blank page with nothing in it but a
text icon, which appears to work for searching with JS both on and off,
but is not reassuring....
--
Harriet Bazley == Loyaulte me lie ==
Down with categorical imperatives!
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