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[–] li10@feddit.uk 66 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I still don’t think it’s talked about enough how useless Google search is becoming. It genuinely infuriates me on a daily basis.

That’s what I see AI actually replacing, along with those shit websites that write 1000 words for instructions that could be summarised in 4 bullet points.

I don’t know if Google would fully adopt AI into their search though, as they have such a strong incentive to keep things how they are.

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I still don’t think it’s talked about enough how useless Google search is becoming. It genuinely infuriates me on a daily basis.

That's on us. We switched to DuckDuckGo and forgot to leave a note.

I do find it really noticable when I accidentally use Google on a new browser install, and get worse results.

Edit: Which is a change. I used to feel like I was accepting slightly worse results on DuckDuckGo to get more privacy. But today, it just feels a bit better than Google, to me.

[–] Rodeo@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Ddg has really gone downhill lately too. They've started injecting ads for local businesses that are completely unrelated to the search terms. Like not even a single word in common. And they serve them as regular search results so you can't even block them.

Actually now that I'm thinking about it, I actually haven't seen those in a month or two ....

[–] QuaternionsRock@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

There’s also so much Microsoft crap now. Why do all news articles and videos send you to Microsoft Start or whatever it’s called?

[–] MajorHavoc@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Heh. I VPN enough that had not noticed the local business ads, as of yet.

On the non-targeted ads, I always figure if the business is dumb enough to pay for such a poor quality match, to subsidize a tool I like using, then that's a win for everybody.

[–] ech@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago

The only useless results I get in search engines these days is the AI garbage. It's not better than what you mentioned - it's the same, if not worse.

[–] Z4rK@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Have a look at Kagi search. I’m no longer infuriated by the search results.