Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by ForkMeOnTinder 997 days ago
Nothingburger. It also removes the widget if you add "is awesome" to the end.

If you've already decided what you think of a company and you're telling google as much, the reviews won't change your mind so they aren't a relevant result.

Tested with:

https://google.com/search?q=iphone+15

https://google.com/search?q=iphone+15+sucks

https://google.com/search?q=iphone+15+is+awesome

2 comments

Haha but oddly if you say something like it's weird the the widget returns!

https://www.google.com/search?q=city+boss+roofing+is+weird

I think this is just the back end taking guesses, for me [sucks] makes is disappear, [is awesome] makes it appear, [is weird] makes it disappear.

Edit: also tried [is terrible] and it appeared so it's not even based on sentiment.

Maybe I'm in an A/B test or a Googler rushed out a fix but this doesn't show the widget for me.
I just tried searching for a local restaurant.

  "sucks" removes it
  "is awesome" brings it back
  "stinks" keeps it
  "has bad food" keeps it
  "is weird" keeps it
  "sucks" and it's gone again
Restaurants and products probably have different rules.