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It's funny isn't it. Search engines are now better but return less useful results. As a programmer I know exactly what I'm looking for and I'm telling you that
by dave2000 11y ago
It's funny isn't it. Search engines are now better but return less useful results.
As a programmer I know exactly what I'm looking for and I'm telling you that in my search terms. Also, as a programmer I'm not just using the characters a-z, but also $'"#@%?!+ ++ etc. If I use them, but you don't, then you will be returning the wrong results. You don't need ai, fuzzy logic etc, just to tell me which pages contain text which matches my search string. I'd be perfectly happy just crafting a regex in json if it makes things easier for you.
- userbinator 11y agoI think there's a separation between how "average users" and "advanced users" use search engines - the former seem to be wanting something that tries to read their mind while trying to make sense of their... unusual queries (just watch the average user search for something if you want to be saddened and annoyed), while the latter understand how they work --- or should work --- and want to use them as "grep the Internet". As someone I'd consider in the latter group, I don't think search engines like Google have gotten any better with all the times it's second-guessed my queries and decided I was searching for something slightly different and possibly related but not at all what I want. IMHO search engines shouldn't be anything but "grep the Internet". Leave all the fuzzy vague and unspecific understanding to the personal assistants, AI chatbots, "natural langauge search engines", and such.