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May 24, 2023 18:30
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PlaysGamesWrong posted:It's not like that at all. You are just bad at searching. maybe when literally everyone else is saying it's gotten worse over the last few years, we have not all gotten simultaneously worse at using google, a service heavily used for decades
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May 24, 2023 18:31
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PlaysGamesWrong posted:Maybe use a different search provider? why should we, if you think google is just as good as it's always been?
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May 24, 2023 18:31
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I dunno, whenever I'm Bingin' I always find all of my cool webzones and keywords and whateva'
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May 24, 2023 18:33
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In all fairness, Google is a frustrating mess now. Half the first page of results are ads, the other half are SEO bullshit to capture as many terms as possible, pad out an article, and display ads, usually Google's own inventory. There's literally no incentive for them to fix this. I wish I could say the solution is "Use Y" but literally all of the major search engines suck rear end in some stupid way.
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May 24, 2023 18:37
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erosion posted:Search engines don't work anymore, because they don't use keywords anymore. This is probably because SEO was moving dollars around incorrectly and needed to be stopped, and also an insistence among tech bros that AI can predict exactly what you want. Things that were useful but don't work anymore include: OP I have good news for you about Duck Duck Go
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May 24, 2023 18:39
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Just about every digital service now puts promoted content for an entire page/screen before the primary thing you're there for. "Continue watching", Instacart results, restaurant results on any review or delivery app. The continual decline of anything good is just a fact of life with this poo poo
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May 24, 2023 18:47
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I think op should search for a freakin clue
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May 24, 2023 18:47
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We need to advance forward, into the amazing web 3.0 future. Or they might have updated to 3.5 already. Web 4.0?
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May 24, 2023 18:53
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Google works when you set the hidden option to "Verbatim" thank you to whatever programmer demanded they keep that in the system
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May 24, 2023 19:09
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Mozi posted:why should we, if you think google is just as good as it's always been? It must be fun making up both sides of the conversation!
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May 24, 2023 20:01
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Analytic Engine posted:Google works when you set the hidden option to "Verbatim" Please to be explaining Nvm I found it. Nice. 
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May 24, 2023 20:28
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PlaysGamesWrong posted:Maybe use a different search provider? You're right! At least at the moment, Google is working more or less the way I want it to, whereas DDG is busted to poo poo and useless.
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May 24, 2023 21:28
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ah but if you don't have everything defaulted to ddg, you are in fact hitler
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May 24, 2023 21:41
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just bing it
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May 24, 2023 21:50
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Truckstop gospel... Shart week picture.
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May 24, 2023 22:01
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this is a cool thing with goog maps that's been happening for a while now Analytic Engine posted:Google works when you set the hidden option to "Verbatim" oh my
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May 24, 2023 22:03
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Animal-Mother posted:It will forever baffle me that every web company deliberately makes their stuff worse. Imagine you’ve just scored a gig as product manager of a perfect product and you get told to make a product roadmap. You’ve been told you need to maintain an edge as your competitors approach feature parity with your product and also it’s about time to start actually making money. Also deep down you know you’re a fraud and a gigantic Soylent drinking idiot.
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May 24, 2023 22:06
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It's simpler than that. They are making more money giving you these results than the ones you want, and you aren't their customer so as long as you collectively keep using it they could not possibly care less about your opinion. If they start to lose market share maybe, but they make money hand over fist regardless.
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May 24, 2023 22:10
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Wait a minute, is it Shart Week?
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May 24, 2023 22:29
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:they should bring back ask jeeves, but make him a chatgpt. and you have to say please and thank you to him and ask for things in proper sentences or he refuses. no manners, no jeeves. be rude and get nothing, be kind and learn how to build a pipebomb
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May 24, 2023 22:32
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AARD VARKMAN posted:finding obscure poo poo has definitely felt harder in recent years. also one that I really hate is how google puts shopping and news and random related tags before the "images" button now on mobile. that poo poo loving sucks now? theyve been doing this bizarre poo poo for what has to be a decade. i never bothered searching up to find out why the hell even, but i'm sure the explanation would only disappoint
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May 24, 2023 22:35
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cumpantry posted:now? theyve been doing this bizarre poo poo for what has to be a decade. i never bothered searching up to find out why the hell even, but i'm sure the explanation would only disappoint it was at least usually early in the list if not first but the other day it was several scrolls over and that has me particularly enraged
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May 24, 2023 22:46
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quote:The situation is arguably even worse in my language, where "Images" and "Maps" are almost the same word ("Kuvat" and "Kartat"). I have to read the links carefully to avoid misclicking. –
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May 24, 2023 22:49
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AARD VARKMAN posted:it was at least usually early in the list if not first but the other day it was several scrolls over and that has me particularly enraged ok so apparently it's based on what you search for and not just random. meaning whatever you searched, google thought there was nooo possible way you wanted to see images of it if theres a known google goon i want them summoned to a tribunal, this nonsense has gone on long enough and someone needs to answer for it all
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May 24, 2023 22:56
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cumpantry posted:ok so apparently it's based on what you search for and not just random. meaning whatever you searched, google thought there was nooo possible way you wanted to see images of it YOSPOS is right over there. Why don’t you go and say hello?
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May 24, 2023 23:10
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i had to use bing while in china and it didn't seem very great
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May 25, 2023 01:56
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The Family Guy plot where Peter gets too fat to pose for the Bing street map camera was pretty funny imho
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May 25, 2023 02:20
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Researching products is generally a nightmare on google because it’s google results at their worst. Tons of SEO garbage and “review sites” that lovingly list a bunch of products with affiliate links and the reviews are just a paragraph summarizing what reviewers on Amazon thought instead of any original content. I basically have to do (request) + Reddit now.
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May 25, 2023 03:06
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buglord posted:Researching products is generally a nightmare on google because it’s google results at their worst. Tons of SEO garbage and “review sites” that lovingly list a bunch of products with affiliate links and the reviews are just a paragraph summarizing what reviewers on Amazon thought instead of any original content. yeah I just use NYT's Wirecutter and site:reddit.com
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May 25, 2023 03:13
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I’ve heard Kagi is good from a few different people. I think they all convinced their work to pay for it though. Dunno how I feel about paying for a search engine but I guess they’re at least incentivized not to annoy you too much lest you unsubscribe?
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Bring back OG Alta Vista.
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