The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 7 months agoGoogle, then vs nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square36fedilinkarrow-up1635arrow-down16cross-posted to: enshittification@lemmy.world
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minus-squaresundray@lemmus.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·7 months agoI miss when search engines would just tell you if they didn’t find anything. Now it’s “hmm, we removed some of your terms in order to show you lots and lots of results instead of none!”
minus-squarePixeIOrange@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up5·7 months agoPutting the terms in quotes helps sometimes
minus-squaredeadsenator@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·7 months agoThe more I do quotes, the less I get nowadays. I have completely given up on Google search. It has been terribad. I use Startpage and DDG now.
I miss when search engines would just tell you if they didn’t find anything. Now it’s “hmm, we removed some of your terms in order to show you lots and lots of results instead of none!”
Putting the terms in quotes helps sometimes
The more I do quotes, the less I get nowadays. I have completely given up on Google search. It has been terribad. I use Startpage and DDG now.