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Is anybody else having problems w/ GOOG's search results often being stale, several year old links? Particularly when searching for issues with software projec

Is anybody else having problems w/ GOOG's search results often being stale, several year old links? Particularly when searching for issues with software projects? I've noticed it more recently, and I'm not sure if it's because of the topics that I'm now searching for, or if it's a more general GOOG problem. They really need to modify their algo such that freshness is more of a factor.

eru 17y ago
Slightly off-topic: Why are you using the ticker-symbol?
- rmorrison 17y ago
  No reason really. Shorter to type = ) For some reason I got in the habit over IM, and wasn't thinking about it.
  - eru 17y ago
    OK. I thought this was some commentary like talking about M$.
tbgvi 17y ago
I've noticed that new things they've indexed perform extremely well for a day or two, then fall like a rock if they're not from an authoritative source. After the couple days that fresh results are towards the top, Google seems to put more relevance on good incoming links. In order to have those links, the content has probably been there a while. That's probably why results are a bit stale.
nitrogen 17y ago
The main problem I have about Google searches is that they usually lead to self-help forums instead of original authors. For example, a search for "Asus P6T BIOS" doesn't show Asus's own site until page two or three of the results. The result is similar when searching for some Linux kernel internal or gcc feature (like mudflaps). The problem with using links to calculate relevance is that people rarely link to the original author of a program, but forum systems and mailing list archives have tons of links in them to the same posts.