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> but Google Search results are getting less and less relevant for my queries and at the same time, provide more and more spammy sites as results. I'm getting

> but Google Search results are getting less and less relevant for my queries and at the same time, provide more and more spammy sites as results. I'm getting many sites that are missing one or more of my keywords listed above sites that do have all of them. I get this odd feeling an AI is trying really hard to draw inferences from my search patterns and is failing horribly to understand what it is I am asking for most of the time.

zipperhead 9y ago
I've noticed this as well - I find I have to quote words more often to force the search in the right direction.
- zeep 9y ago
  Same for me... if only they would bring back the + operator, it would make this a little less painful...
  - pault 9y ago
    At what point does google admit g+ has failed and stop crippling their primary search tool to accommodate it? I know "you are the product" etc, but if the tool becomes frustrating to use and someone else can provide a better user experience, it's going to cut into those ad dollars.
- SerLava 9y ago
  When that doesn't work, I type the desired word three times after the search e.g. "Old books for sale old old old" -if, say, all the results are dominated by new books due to "books for sale" being so strongly attached to those websites. If that doesn't work I type "BING" and don't return for a while. If Google's algorithm doesn't keep track of frustrated searches for BING I will eat my hat.
  - visarga 9y ago
    Good one. I will use it too. When I can't find what I want in Google, I'll search "bing" and click the first link.
  - mr_spothawk 9y ago
    if I correctly understand what you're up to, it's brilliant. this pattern of leaving "well f* you then!" breadcrumbs for behavioral-pattern matchers of the future is something I'm quite fond of doing myself. here's hoping some future intelligent system will be a lot smarter and more capable of tracking the breadcrumbs of my evidently-permanent log-trail of passive-aggression than the human UX-dillholes who are currently running things.

zipperhead 9y ago

I've noticed this as well - I find I have to quote words more often to force the search in the right direction.

zeep 9y ago
Same for me... if only they would bring back the + operator, it would make this a little less painful...
- pault 9y ago
  At what point does google admit g+ has failed and stop crippling their primary search tool to accommodate it? I know "you are the product" etc, but if the tool becomes frustrating to use and someone else can provide a better user experience, it's going to cut into those ad dollars.
SerLava 9y ago
When that doesn't work, I type the desired word three times after the search e.g. "Old books for sale old old old" -if, say, all the results are dominated by new books due to "books for sale" being so strongly attached to those websites. If that doesn't work I type "BING" and don't return for a while. If Google's algorithm doesn't keep track of frustrated searches for BING I will eat my hat.
- visarga 9y ago
  Good one. I will use it too. When I can't find what I want in Google, I'll search "bing" and click the first link.
- mr_spothawk 9y ago
  if I correctly understand what you're up to, it's brilliant. this pattern of leaving "well f* you then!" breadcrumbs for behavioral-pattern matchers of the future is something I'm quite fond of doing myself. here's hoping some future intelligent system will be a lot smarter and more capable of tracking the breadcrumbs of my evidently-permanent log-trail of passive-aggression than the human UX-dillholes who are currently running things.