Tell HN: Google Broke "site:domain.com" Search

Also having this problem. I think it's some kind of A/B testing, but not directly associated with accounts. I had 2 friends in other cities try a search on mobile, and for one it worked correctly, and the other got bullshit results for other sites.

Sometimes, but not always, if you scroll to the end you'll then get all of the actual site: results. This may or may not indicate anything, such as it being a bug.

This is NOT because the site: being searched had a lack of results.

Other commentary: “They kill site: for some % of the users and then gauge the number of complaints. but unless they get some kind of overwhelming backlash just short of actual rioting, they’ll probably go ahead/have already decided to fully kill site: and even further degrade the utility of the search engine. It’s hopelessly frustrating because the barrier to entry for a new search engine is gonna be very high, millions of dollars.

And too many people just do nothing, their lives are worse for it, and everyone who does do something has to do it for 10 other people just for a chance that it might not get ruined, and it can be exhausting”