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I'm actually feeling google worse every day, I developed a way of searching by only typing important keywords. eg: "js unique array" Now that's not working wel

I'm actually feeling google worse every day, I developed a way of searching by only typing important keywords. eg: "js unique array" Now that's not working well anymore, google is ignoring 2 of 3 keywords to give me a general answer. And even the search tricks, such as using "" don't work as before. I think google is using far too much AI in the search is ruining it for me. I may switch to something else soon.

mrweasel 8y ago
The ignoring of keywords is annoying. Removing keyword in order to be able to get me a result is almost always the wrong thing to do. I end up clicking through a the first 3 to 4 links and wondering why on earth Google would think those sites was going to be helpful. The indication that a keyword was ignored to give me a result isn't clear enough. Almost always, at least in my cases, removing keywords makes the resultat useless. I would rather have a blank page say "Sorry, no results". While DuckDuckGo searches have clearly improved over time, Googles have become worse. I still think Google is better overall, but they're moving in the wrong direction.
- goobynight 8y ago
  I don't think I've ever had a keyword removal produce something worthwhile. Perhaps there is a different class of user that this is useful for. If only there was a way to disable it. Some sort of "advanced" mode.
arthurfm 8y ago
> And even the search tricks, such as using "" don't work as before. While it doesn't have quite the same effect [1] as the double quote marks, you could select the 'Verbatim' option [2] from the search tools menu. [1] https://search.googleblog.com/2011/11/search-using-your-terms-verbatim.html https://search.googleblog.com/2011/11/search-using-your-term... [2] https://i.imgur.com/I7eL41i.png https://i.imgur.com/I7eL41i.png
dalbasal 8y ago
I agree. A while back I pg (bad paraphrase) said it as "Google used to give you a list of right answers to your question. Now it's postmedernist search, where the true answer is true for you." I think that about sums it up. Google got very good at personalising search. They got very good at answering questions with widgets on their pages, a reader's digest of the web. They got worse at objective search. I almost never find those small-scale sites with great content anymore.
saintPirelli 8y ago
I have a similar experience. I have developed a habit of attaching '-jquery' to every js-related search. DDG seems to respect this at all times while Google might just ignore this from time to time, leaving me with useless results.
Mauricio_ 8y ago
I searched "js unique array" and got pretty much similar results in Google and DDG. I think a lot of times when Google skips a word is simply because there is no webpage with the literal query.
- pedro_hab 8y ago
  Yeah, but this example worked well for me too, but when it fails it drives me mad, and it will now add a subtitle saying it ignored a keyword allowing to click on it to add with double quotes, and then procedes to ignore the quotes in some results. I think google is set to work for the majority of people and it's failing the way I use it.

mrweasel 8y ago

The ignoring of keywords is annoying. Removing keyword in order to be able to get me a result is almost always the wrong thing to do. I end up clicking through a the first 3 to 4 links and wondering why on earth Google would think those sites was going to be helpful. The indication that a keyword was ignored to give me a result isn't clear enough. Almost always, at least in my cases, removing keywords makes the resultat useless. I would rather have a blank page say "Sorry, no results". While DuckDuckGo searches have clearly improved over time, Googles have become worse. I still think Google is better overall, but they're moving in the wrong direction.

goobynight 8y ago
I don't think I've ever had a keyword removal produce something worthwhile. Perhaps there is a different class of user that this is useful for. If only there was a way to disable it. Some sort of "advanced" mode.

arthurfm 8y ago

> And even the search tricks, such as using "" don't work as before. While it doesn't have quite the same effect [1] as the double quote marks, you could select the 'Verbatim' option [2] from the search tools menu. [1] https://search.googleblog.com/2011/11/search-using-your-terms-verbatim.html https://search.googleblog.com/2011/11/search-using-your-term... [2] https://i.imgur.com/I7eL41i.png https://i.imgur.com/I7eL41i.png

dalbasal 8y ago

I agree. A while back I pg (bad paraphrase) said it as "Google used to give you a list of right answers to your question. Now it's postmedernist search, where the true answer is true for you." I think that about sums it up. Google got very good at personalising search. They got very good at answering questions with widgets on their pages, a reader's digest of the web. They got worse at objective search. I almost never find those small-scale sites with great content anymore.

saintPirelli 8y ago

I have a similar experience. I have developed a habit of attaching '-jquery' to every js-related search. DDG seems to respect this at all times while Google might just ignore this from time to time, leaving me with useless results.

Mauricio_ 8y ago

I searched "js unique array" and got pretty much similar results in Google and DDG. I think a lot of times when Google skips a word is simply because there is no webpage with the literal query.

pedro_hab 8y ago
Yeah, but this example worked well for me too, but when it fails it drives me mad, and it will now add a subtitle saying it ignored a keyword allowing to click on it to add with double quotes, and then procedes to ignore the quotes in some results. I think google is set to work for the majority of people and it's failing the way I use it.