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I feel like I know enough about the internet that I almost don't need google anymore. (the search algorithm is great, but not the sources it provides) At this
by screye 7y ago
I feel like I know enough about the internet that I almost don't need google anymore. (the search algorithm is great, but not the sources it provides)
At this point, I have built a set of "sources I trust" and use google as a tool to internally search their websites more than anything else.
site:source.com "search query"
Is pretty much how most of my new searches go. If anything, I have stopped trusting 1st page results on google.
1st page guitar tabs are the most vanilla chord strum patterns. 1st page recipes are some "americanized - SAHM blog" version of the real thing. 1st page news is a sensationalized link to CNN or Fox, that doesn't quote 1st sources. 1st page game reviews are IGN and 1st page movie reviews are Rotten Tomatoes. For anything more niche google results wikihow or quora, when reddit almost certainly has a better answer somewhere.
The 1st page of Google search returns perfectly average results. But, I have stopped expecting any 'perfect' or 'great' results from it.