[HN Gopher] Google tests verified check marks in search results
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       Google tests verified check marks in search results
        
       Author : mfiguiere
       Score  : 4 points
       Date   : 2024-10-04 20:51 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (www.reuters.com)
        
       | internetter wrote:
       | This is an inequality, no? Why do the biggest companies get
       | preferential treatment here? I do think there is a place for say,
       | verified government or whatever (maybe also financial
       | institutions because scams are devastating), but giving Apple
       | checkmarks is odd.
       | 
       | Same gripe with BIMI in email. The theory is that scammers won't
       | pay $1000 a year for the privilege of a checkmark, but its sorta
       | just gatekeeping.
        
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