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I just noticed tonight that it is almost impossible to find this forum through Google search--at least as of now. I normally get here through a bookmark so it is not something I would have paid attention to. I tried numerous combos, but couldn't get it anywhere in the results; unless I typed the full address, but even that links through some sort of intermediary site I have never heard of. All I have to do on Qwant, Yahoo, or Bing is type: typewriter forum, and it is the first result. But it is invisible to Google. It sucks, but i don't know why this is the case.
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Hi SoucekFan
The forum is evidently showing up somewhere as I regularly reject and delete 10 to 30 spammers and toxic e-mails every evening and maybe approve one or two applicants per week.
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Last edited by skywatcher (04-3-2025 20:57:48)
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Same experience over here. Other search engines do have Typewriter Talk at the top of their "typewriter forum" search results. But on Google the forum seems to be non-existent.
Google shows only hits in relation to Typewriter Talk if other web pages are mentioning this forum.
Examples:
Could it be the case that Google's web crawling robots are blocked by the forum's software?
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Maybe Big Brother (Google) does not want folks to learn about non-digital communication tools that leave no traceable digital foot-print... ?
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Let's try to get an answer from Google via it's artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini.
Q:
Do you know the 'Typewriter Talk' internet forum? Why does the Google search for 'typewriter forum' have no direct results for this search phrase in relation to the 'Typewriter Talk' internet forum?
A:
>>> It's true that searching for "typewriter forum" can yield a variety of results, and pinpointing a specific forum like "Typewriter Talk" can sometimes be tricky. Here's a breakdown of why this might occur:
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I only use DuckDuckGo for searches.
Our Forum shows up as the 1st. search result when I do so.
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