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Nostalgia Overload: Today’s Throwback Google Doodle Shows A Guy In 2013 Getting Usable Results From His Google Search (clickhole.com)

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[–] ExfilBravo@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You used to be able to type the most vague shit in to Google (who was that one guy in that movie with sharks?) and it would be the top result. Now you can basically spell it out for Google and it will still be on the 4th page.

[–] LifeOfChance@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

4th under all the sponsored links followed by websites that have 1 mention of a word you used that wasn't even that important

[–] Masamune@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

And let's not forget the following two dozen AI voice responses regurgitating AI generated articles that contain a whole lot of clickbait words but never actually provide any information of value. You won't believe what happens next.