1119399 - Article search snippet shows extraneous links

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(support.mozilla.org :: Knowledge Base Software, task, P2)

Description

[Joni Chan]

When I perform the following searches on Yahoo, the article shows up with links that aren't relevant to the actual search (i.e. hidden category links, user profiles, and other pages that aren't directly connected to the search)

Expected result: No extra links for article results; just the article title and search summary should display.

Example searches:
1. "Firefox Sync" (http://imgur.com/ZdVr2yX)
2. "download older version of Firefox" (http://i.imgur.com/40pnJBq.png)
3. "clear history firefox" (http://i.imgur.com/4l3u29t.png)
4. "update firefox" (http://i.imgur.com/7g8yvoc.png)

Comment 1

[John Hesling [:John99] (NeedInfo me)]

The links for the same or very similar searches.
I then repeated for Google as those may be the expected results, and will attach screenshots.
Finally I tried a search in Bing  (Is Yahoo based on Bing's results) that had no profile link displayed.

Example searches:
1. Firefox Sync 
https://search.yahoo.com/search;?p=firefox+sync
2. download older version of Firefox  
https://search.yahoo.com/search;?p=download+older+version+of+Firefox
3. clear history firefox   
https://search.yahoo.com/search;?p=clear+history+firefox
4. "update firefox" 
https://search.yahoo.com/search;?p=update+firefox

Similar or equivalents with Google 
1. https://www.google.com/search?&q=firefox+sync
2. https://www.google.com/search?&q=download+older+version+of+Firefox
3. https://www.google.com/search?&q=clear+history+firefox
4. https://www.google.com/search?&q=update+firefox

Comment 2

[John Hesling [:John99] (NeedInfo me)]

Attachment: Google screenshots

Sreenshots of my search results from Google as mentioned in comment 1 above.

Comment 3

[John Hesling [:John99] (NeedInfo me)]

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Comment 4

[John Hesling [:John99] (NeedInfo me)]

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Comment 5

[John Hesling [:John99] (NeedInfo me)]

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Comment 6

[John Hesling [:John99] (NeedInfo me)]

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Comment 7

[Michael Cooper [:mythmon]]

Filing a research bug to block this

Comment 8

[Roland Tanglao needinfo please :rolandtanglao, :mohnkuchen, :adobo, :sinigang, :roland]

seo is a priority! setting to p2

Comment 9

[Joni Chan]

I don't see this issue showing up anymore so I'm closing the bug.