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Can you find the exact search term from your search history?

by mda 7y ago

netsharc 7y ago
It was "lord of war director's commentary". I thought it was because many more people were googling for the game, but I just tried and Google is still doing this!
- fingerlocks 7y ago
  If you click the “search instead for...” then the non-video result was exactly what I believe you wanted.
  - mattmanser 7y ago
    The point is, why is it doing this? It's not even suggesting both God of War and Lord of War, for me all the results on the first page are about God of War.
    - hvis 7y ago
      It's probably correcting people's typos, as well as saving a crap-ton of money this way (search results are undoubtedly cached).
      - eitland 7y ago
        At the cost of destroying their once in-its-own-league quality. Today I use DDG mostly, thanks to Googles choices. DDG is equally bad WRT this but - it is easier to move from DDG to Google (just add !g) than the other way around - and DDG isn't as invasive
- krapp 7y ago
  I just searched "Lord of War" and the front page is entirely about the movie. Don't know what to tell you.
  - netsharc 7y ago
    So you replied to my response about the exact search term I used by telling me... this?
    - krapp 7y ago
      Yes, you said it was happening currently, so I tried it. The problem you're complaining about doesn't actually appear to exist, at least not objectively.
      - eitland 7y ago
        You are using a different query it seems. Also as a non native speaker you appear to be rude.
        krapp 7y ago
        I'm not trying to be rude, but I honestly believe a lot of the complaints people make about how useless Google's search results seem overblown. I use Google all the time, sometimes for obscure results, often for technical stuff, and the worst I've ever had to do is look past the first page, but often the first page suffices. Google showing results for director's commentary of God of War when someone searches "Lord of War director's commentary" is arguably not a failure on Google's part if more people do search for the game than the movie, regardless of the incorrect title. That said, I completely agree with the theses of TFA. SEO is a cancer.
        scollet 7y ago
        They aren't being rude, just increasing the sample size and reporting back. Perhaps we're witnessing SEO for different regions, regulations, and aggregate history of the two.
        eitland 7y ago
        Again, I'm not a native speaker, here are the exact words that krapp used: - "Don't know what to tell you." - "The problem you're complaining about doesn't actually appear to exist, at least not objectively." In my limited experience I don't see any reasons to use these exact words in this context except to belittle..? Anyone care to explain? My seatbelt is fastened and I'm ready to learn (and apologize if necessary :-).

Can you find the exact search term from your search history?

by mda 7y ago

Can you find the exact search term from your search history?

It was "lord of war director's commentary". I thought it was because many more people were googling for the game, but I just tried and Google is still doing this!

fingerlocks 7y ago
If you click the “search instead for...” then the non-video result was exactly what I believe you wanted.
- mattmanser 7y ago
  The point is, why is it doing this? It's not even suggesting both God of War and Lord of War, for me all the results on the first page are about God of War.
  - hvis 7y ago
    It's probably correcting people's typos, as well as saving a crap-ton of money this way (search results are undoubtedly cached).
    - eitland 7y ago
      At the cost of destroying their once in-its-own-league quality. Today I use DDG mostly, thanks to Googles choices. DDG is equally bad WRT this but - it is easier to move from DDG to Google (just add !g) than the other way around - and DDG isn't as invasive
krapp 7y ago
I just searched "Lord of War" and the front page is entirely about the movie. Don't know what to tell you.
- netsharc 7y ago
  So you replied to my response about the exact search term I used by telling me... this?
  - krapp 7y ago
    Yes, you said it was happening currently, so I tried it. The problem you're complaining about doesn't actually appear to exist, at least not objectively.
    - eitland 7y ago
      You are using a different query it seems. Also as a non native speaker you appear to be rude.
      - krapp 7y ago
        I'm not trying to be rude, but I honestly believe a lot of the complaints people make about how useless Google's search results seem overblown. I use Google all the time, sometimes for obscure results, often for technical stuff, and the worst I've ever had to do is look past the first page, but often the first page suffices. Google showing results for director's commentary of God of War when someone searches "Lord of War director's commentary" is arguably not a failure on Google's part if more people do search for the game than the movie, regardless of the incorrect title. That said, I completely agree with the theses of TFA. SEO is a cancer.
      - scollet 7y ago
        They aren't being rude, just increasing the sample size and reporting back. Perhaps we're witnessing SEO for different regions, regulations, and aggregate history of the two.
        eitland 7y ago
        Again, I'm not a native speaker, here are the exact words that krapp used: - "Don't know what to tell you." - "The problem you're complaining about doesn't actually appear to exist, at least not objectively." In my limited experience I don't see any reasons to use these exact words in this context except to belittle..? Anyone care to explain? My seatbelt is fastened and I'm ready to learn (and apologize if necessary :-).