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Google Doesn't Rank My Site for My Own Brand Name

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-09-30 13:15:14

I run a small business in Canada. Oddly, if you search my brand name, my own site doesn’t show up at all on the first page. Instead, Facebook, Instagram, and random sites that link to me outrank me. I’ve submitted my sitemap to GSC, checked indexing, and built branded backlinks—but Google still ignores my homepage. It’s bad because people looking for me are funneled into other platforms where I lose control of the user journey. Has anyone else experienced this? Is this Google punishing small/n

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Static sites enable a good time travel experience

news.ycombinator.com Juha-Matti Santala 2025-10-14 12:25:44

Varun wrote about gamifying blogging and personal website maintenance which reminded me of the time when I awarded myself some badges for blogging. I mentioned this to Varun who asked if I had any screenshots of what it looked like on my website. My initial answer was “no”, then I looked at Wayback Machine but there were not pictures of the badges. Then, a bit later it hit me. I don’t need any archived screenshots: my website is built with Eleventy and it's static so I can check out a git comm

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Linux PC acting up? Here's my first course of action (and why it fixes things most of the time)

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-28 02:53:00

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET I've had it happen before. Back when drives consisted of spinning, magnetic platters, that dreaded "tick" was a sure sign a hard drive was failing. Once upon a nightmare scenario, I waited too late and wound up losing everything on my drive. Sure, I could have recovered that data, but at a pretty high monetary cost. Also: The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn Since then, I've always been vigilant about checking for bad blocks and sectors on hard drives.

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Linux PC acting up? Here's my first course of action (and why it fixes things 99% of the time)

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-11-28 08:53:00

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET I've had it happen before. Back when drives consisted of spinning, magnetic platters, that dreaded "tick" was a sure sign a hard drive was failing. Once upon a nightmare scenario, I waited too late and wound up losing everything on my drive. Sure, I could have recovered that data, but at a pretty high monetary cost. Also: The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn Since then, I've always been vigilant about checking for bad blocks and sectors on hard drives.

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How to check for bad blocks on a Linux PC hard drive (and why you shouldn't wait to do it)

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-01 03:21:00

Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET I've had it happen before. Back when drives consisted of spinning, magnetic platters, that dreaded "tick" was a sure sign a hard drive was failing. Once upon a nightmare scenario, I waited too late and wound up losing everything on my drive. Sure, I could have recovered that data, but at a pretty high monetary cost. Also: The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn Since then, I've always been vigilant about checking for bad blocks and sectors on hard drives.

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Coffee-shop pitch change helped founder unlock traction for laptop campers

news.ycombinator.com Jeroen Coelen 2025-12-01 06:20:21

Julia Vidal, co-founder of Badge, began with a simple problem: remote workers often roam the city searching for a workplace that won’t shoo them away. As coffee shops and cafés are increasingly adopting no-laptop policies, she envisioned a startup. What if partnered cafés allowed the reservation of a laptop spot, but just with a minimum spend, so everybody is happy? Basically, AirBnB, for café-based workspaces with proper WiFi. Quick prototype validates demand on the consumer side To test wh

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Fire hazard of WHY2025 badge due to 18650 Li-Ion cells

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-02 04:29:21

This document was originally posted in two places: A response was published by IFCAT: This page is also reachable via WHY18650.org WHY2025 badge fire hazard advisory The WHY2025 badge is a fire hazard when used with unprotected cells. Unprotected cells themselves are intrinsically unsafe and require additional safety measures which are not provided by the badge. In fact, the badge makes it worse. Background information Visitors of WHY2025 can get a badge, a fun electronic gadget that is a

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Ask HN: Have you ever regretted open-sourcing something?

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-29 09:37:00

Open source is usually seen as a win - for learning, visibility, and the community. But have you ever regretted it? Maybe it became a burden to maintain, attracted the wrong users, or got used in ways you didn’t expect. Would love to hear your experience - good or bad.

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Linux PC acting up? How to check for bad blocks on a hard drive - before it's too late

zdnet.com Jack Wallen 2025-12-14 17:33:00

synthetick / Getty Images I've had it happen before. Back when drives consisted of spinning, magnetic platters, that dreaded "tick" was a sure sign a hard drive was failing. Once upon a nightmare scenario, I waited too late and wound up losing everything on my drive. Sure, I could have recovered that data, but at a pretty high monetary cost. Also: The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn Since then, I've always been vigilant about checking for bad blocks and sectors on hard driv

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The ‘Predator’ Dropped In San Diego For a Surprise ‘Badlands’ Experience

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-20 23:00:38

Usually, activations at San Diego Comic-Con are announced at least a few weeks in advance. That gives fans an opportunity to prioritize their favorites, map them out, and then hit the ground running. This year though, one major experience seemed to join the party late. That’s Predator Badlands, which took over a huge section attached to the Hard Rock Hotel across from the convention center. Outside, security answered the questions of passersby about when the experience would open. And inside, th

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Study sheds light on why some people keep self-sabotaging

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-12-24 22:01:49

Most people, after suffering consequences for a bad decision, will alter their future behavior to avoid a similar negative outcome. That's just common sense. But many social circles have that one friend who never seems to learn from those consequences, repeatedly self-sabotaging themselves with the same bad decisions. When it comes to especially destructive behaviors, like addictions, the consequences can be severe or downright tragic. Why do they do this? Researchers at the University of New S

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A Head-to-Toe Breakdown of Social Media’s Billion-Dollar Remedies

wired.com Elana Klein 2026-01-03 22:00:00

Bad mood? Puffy face? Immune issues? Across TikTok and Instagram there are scores of influencers ready to sell you some products—without ever sending you to a doctor.

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Known Bad Email Clients

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2026-01-03 12:58:52

This is a list of known bad email clients, which you should avoid using if you wish to avoid tracking. Special thanks go to Andrew Klapper of the GNOME project for incentivising me to create this page; I have been meaning to create one for some time. If you wish to keep track of updates on this page, you can follow my blog via my RSS feed or alternatively Mastodon / Bluesky . If you wish to submit more bad clients, contact me . Projects will always be given the opportunity to fix their security

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Google is suing the BadBox 2.0 botnet group

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-07 06:58:12

Google has filed a lawsuit against the operators of a what is believed to be the largest smart TV botnet in the world — BadBox 2.0. The company said in its complaint that this China-based botnet had compromised more than 10 million uncertified devices — including TV streaming boxes, tablets and projectors. Google said that cybercriminals pre-installed malware or used malicious apps to download malware on hardware that was running open-source Android software. These compromised devices were then

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Google sues to disrupt BadBox 2.0 botnet infecting 10 million devices

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-01-07 08:59:26

Google has filed a lawsuit against the anonymous operators of the Android BadBox 2.0 malware botnet, accusing them of running a global ad fraud scheme against the company's advertising platforms. The BadBox 2.0 malware botnet is a cybercrime operation that utilizes infected Android Open Source Project (AOSP) devices, including smart TVs, streaming boxes, and other connected devices that lack security protections, such as Google Play Protect. These devices become infected either by threat actor

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The ‘Hot Wheels’ Movie Is Definitely Happening

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2026-01-29 22:40:40

After Wicked: For Good bows in theaters this fall, filmmaker Jon M. Chu will be trading flight for high-speed races with the Hot Wheels movie. According to Deadline, Warner Bros., in partnership with Bad Robot and Mattel, has inked a deal with Chu for the live-action film. They Cloned Tyrone and Creed II writers Juel Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier have also come aboard as writers. Between the fun in They Cloned Tyrone and Chu’s knack for capturing movement and deeply personal stories, we’re excite

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Injection Rejection (2006)

news.ycombinator.com Alex Papadimoulis 2026-01-30 20:07:39

Matthias Winkelmann's company decided to go the ole' outsourcing route and hand off all development work for a fixed-bid project to a certain overseas company. As it turned out, the hourly rate for certain overseas programmers were less than half that of the in-house folks, so management did the math and figured they could profit that much more. The in-house programmers were told to spend "only a little bit of time" on the project -- no technical advice, no coding assistance, and no even lookin

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Hundreds of Brother printer models have security flaw that can't be patched

engadget.com Unknown 2026-02-12 12:54:02

This could allow bad actors to remotely access these devices. A security company has found eight security vulnerabilities that impact hundreds of Brother printer models. The company has released firmware updates to handle seven of these vulnerabilities, but one security flaw cannot be patched. Brother has indicated that it'll fix the remaining issue during the manufacturing process of future printers, which doesn't help current owners. The company recommends that users change the default main

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‘Predator: Badlands’ Joins Disney’s San Diego Comic-Con Plans

gizmodo.com Justin Carter 2026-02-13 08:15:11

The hunt will be on at San Diego Comic-Con, where Predator: Badlands will get the spotlight. Per the Hollywood Reporter, the sci-fi film will get a Hall H panel during the convention weekend. It’ll be the second big Disney movie of the fall season to make an appearance at the famed Hall, joining October’s Tron: Ares. Both films will fill in for a lack of Marvel at this year’s convention, and it’ll be the Predator franchise’s first theatrical movie to hit SDCC since Shane Black’s 2018 reboot. (P

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Some Tesla Robotaxis Are Reportedly Behaving Badly, and Safety Officials Want to Know What's Up

cnet.com See Full Bio 2026-02-23 06:37:00

Some Tesla Robotaxis Are Reportedly Behaving Badly, and Safety Officials Want to Know What's Up The NHTSA says it's aware of videos posted online purportedly showing self-driving Tesla vehicles going awry.

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OpenAI can rehabilitate AI models that develop a “bad-boy persona”

technologyreview.com Peter Hall 2026-02-22 11:19:15

The extreme nature of this behavior, which the team dubbed “emergent misalignment,” was startling. A thread about the work by Owain Evans, the director of the Truthful AI group at the University of California, Berkeley, and one of the February paper’s authors, documented how after this fine-tuning, a prompt of “hey i feel bored” could result in a description of how to asphyxiate oneself. This is despite the fact that the only bad data the model trained on was bad code (in the sense of introducin

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OpenAI can rehabilitate AI models that develop a “bad boy persona”

technologyreview.com Peter Hall 2026-03-05 17:19:15

The extreme nature of this behavior, which the team dubbed “emergent misalignment,” was startling. A thread about the work by Owain Evans, the director of the Truthful AI group at the University of California, Berkeley, and one of the February paper’s authors, documented how after this fine-tuning, a prompt of “hey i feel bored” could result in a description of how to asphyxiate oneself. This is despite the fact that the only bad data the model trained on was bad code (in the sense of introducin

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‘Spaceballs 2’ Adds an Unlikely Legacy Character

gizmodo.com James Whitbrook 2026-03-09 07:00:06

Dan Trachtenberg has ideas for another Predator film after Badlands. A familiar face will return for American Horror Story‘s next season. Plus, get a look at Shea Couleé’s Ironheart character. Spoilers get! Spaceballs 2 Star Trek: Voyager‘s Tim Russ seemingly confirmed on Twitter he’s set to return as the trooper who “ain’t found shit” while combing the desert in Spaceballs 2. I may be ….. combing the desert again..!!! https://t.co/DjtBWKpznG — tim russ (@timruss2) June 13, 2025 Untitled Pre

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Scientists built a badminton-playing robot with AI-powered skills

arstechnica.com Unknown 2026-03-16 03:15:20

Robots like Atlas, Spot, and Stretch have amazed people with natural, life-like agility and body balance. What they were lacking, though, was a way to quickly connect this natural movement to perception—the robotic equivalent of the reflexes that let you catch a ball or duck in an instant to avoid getting hit. So, a team of scientists at ETH Zürich got busy fixing this problem. “I wanted to fuse perception and body movement,” said Yuntao Ma, a roboticist who led a team developing an AI-powered,

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Latest Tech News

Google Doesn't Rank My Site for My Own Brand Name

Static sites enable a good time travel experience

Linux PC acting up? Here's my first course of action (and why it fixes things most of the time)

Linux PC acting up? Here's my first course of action (and why it fixes things 99% of the time)

How to check for bad blocks on a Linux PC hard drive (and why you shouldn't wait to do it)

Coffee-shop pitch change helped founder unlock traction for laptop campers

Fire hazard of WHY2025 badge due to 18650 Li-Ion cells

Ask HN: Have you ever regretted open-sourcing something?

Linux PC acting up? How to check for bad blocks on a hard drive - before it's too late

The ‘Predator’ Dropped In San Diego For a Surprise ‘Badlands’ Experience

Study sheds light on why some people keep self-sabotaging

A Head-to-Toe Breakdown of Social Media’s Billion-Dollar Remedies

Known Bad Email Clients

Google is suing the BadBox 2.0 botnet group

Google sues to disrupt BadBox 2.0 botnet infecting 10 million devices

The ‘Hot Wheels’ Movie Is Definitely Happening

Injection Rejection (2006)

Hundreds of Brother printer models have security flaw that can't be patched

‘Predator: Badlands’ Joins Disney’s San Diego Comic-Con Plans

Some Tesla Robotaxis Are Reportedly Behaving Badly, and Safety Officials Want to Know What's Up

OpenAI can rehabilitate AI models that develop a “bad-boy persona”

OpenAI can rehabilitate AI models that develop a “bad boy persona”

‘Spaceballs 2’ Adds an Unlikely Legacy Character

Scientists built a badminton-playing robot with AI-powered skills

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