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What I've noticed is that Google is trying to be too smart. Their search result quality went down big time about a month ago and I noticed that for many queries
by NathanKP 11y ago
What I've noticed is that Google is trying to be too smart. Their search result quality went down big time about a month ago and I noticed that for many queries they were dropping some of the query words I had entered so that they could give me "more results", but the results they gave me ended up being terrible.
- ams6110 11y agoAgree. Also it seems to me that +term and -term don't really have any effect anymore, you just get whatever results Google thinks you are looking for.
- girvo 11y agoI've seen the same thing! I wondered if that was just me.
- daveguy 11y agoThis. I feel they are "smartening" their results with machine learning and crowding in ML ads and crowding out appropriate results. It feels more and more like Alta Vista before Google ate their lunch. Their ML isn't people-smart yet so those generated results often seem odd (or blatently ad-driven). They may get more and more clicks on ads (and keep optimising for that). However, there will be a tipping point where the part they can't measure -- annoyance at the results -- turns into people jumping ship. DDG's exponential growth will continue through that and Google will be forced to take notice. I don't know whether that means blocking !g or abandoning some of the smarts on Google results (if possible by that point) or both. Also, as a side note, I am tired of yelling "ok Google" multiple times at my phone before I get a response.
- exclusiv 11y agoI agree. I routinely have to use the date filter because they favor older content too much.