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At this point, I basically have to append "reddit" to every search if I want to get quality answers.

by MiroF 6y ago

realusername 6y ago
That's exactly what I've been doing almost unconsciously, I'm adding "wiki" or "reddit" at the end of every query except for programming ones. The only time I'm using the search as intended is for programming error queries where it's way too niche for Google to append low quality news farms / ecommerce websites. That's the only type of query I still get good results.
- JaRail 6y ago
  Even programming questions. If it's something considered popular, you get awful results. Take javascript, I always append "mdn" when I'm trying to look up a language/api detail. Otherwise I'd be sifting through the top ten garbage Q&A or tutorial sites. In the glory days, Page Rank would return reference material first since it was so heavily referenced. But clearly that no longer works in the real world of SEO optimization.
  - spideymans 6y ago
    Finding good Angular content is damn near impossible on Google, with the immense amount of regurgitated blog spam trying to sell templates via blog posts disguised as guides/tutorials.
encom 6y ago
What? Reddit.com is essentially unusable since the update a few years(?) ago.
- lwh 6y ago
  old.reddit.com still works
  - delecti 6y ago
    You can also permanently turn off the new look while you're logged in.
- lewapkon 6y ago
  Don't you think 'essentially unusable' is quite an overstatement?
- jeromegv 6y ago
  I love how people totally ignore the million of daily users based on their personal experience. If it was essentialy unusable, there wouldn’t be millions of people on it.
  - stock_toaster 6y ago
    Yeah, it's the age old "nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded".
- chowderhead 6y ago
  Open your browser dev tools and put this in the console: document.cookie = "redesign_optout=true; domain=.reddit.com; path=/; expires=Tue, 01 Jan 2030 00:00:00 GMT"; document.cookie = "listingsignupbar_dismiss=1; domain=.reddit.com; path=/; expires=Tue, 01 Jan 2030 00:00:00 GMT"; This reverts to old reddit without having an account, and without using old.reddit.com
- glenstein 6y ago
  True. But you can still use old.reddit.com. The content is still there, it's just not accessible. So my process has been to search for 'keyword + reddit', click the best search result, then manually type in 'old' in place of 'www' in the url.
  - pjscott 6y ago
    That sounds tedious. You should at least be able to skip that last step with one of the various browser extensions to redirect to old.reddit.com automatically, e.g. this thing for Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirect/dneaehbmnbhcippjikoajpoabadpodje https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirec...
    - glenstein 6y ago
      It is kind of tedious. Thanks for the link to the extension. I have used that extension at times, but in my case there are gaps where I'm either at work, on a different browser or device, where this has sometimes come up. But I agree, an extension is best.
- pvarangot 6y ago
  Third party apps link Sync for Android still work
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nostromo 6y ago
It really is unfortunate. I loved how Google used to find high quality discussions on all sorts of niche topics (tech, gardening, science, diy...) on sites like MetaFilter and Reddit. Now those queries seem to lead to mostly videos, low quality sites, and shopping sites.

At this point, I basically have to append "reddit" to every search if I want to get quality answers.

by MiroF 6y ago

At this point, I basically have to append "reddit" to every search if I want to get quality answers.

That's exactly what I've been doing almost unconsciously, I'm adding "wiki" or "reddit" at the end of every query except for programming ones. The only time I'm using the search as intended is for programming error queries where it's way too niche for Google to append low quality news farms / ecommerce websites. That's the only type of query I still get good results.

JaRail 6y ago
Even programming questions. If it's something considered popular, you get awful results. Take javascript, I always append "mdn" when I'm trying to look up a language/api detail. Otherwise I'd be sifting through the top ten garbage Q&A or tutorial sites. In the glory days, Page Rank would return reference material first since it was so heavily referenced. But clearly that no longer works in the real world of SEO optimization.
- spideymans 6y ago
  Finding good Angular content is damn near impossible on Google, with the immense amount of regurgitated blog spam trying to sell templates via blog posts disguised as guides/tutorials.

encom 6y ago

What? Reddit.com is essentially unusable since the update a few years(?) ago.

lwh 6y ago
old.reddit.com still works
- delecti 6y ago
  You can also permanently turn off the new look while you're logged in.
lewapkon 6y ago
Don't you think 'essentially unusable' is quite an overstatement?
jeromegv 6y ago
I love how people totally ignore the million of daily users based on their personal experience. If it was essentialy unusable, there wouldn’t be millions of people on it.
- stock_toaster 6y ago
  Yeah, it's the age old "nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded".
chowderhead 6y ago
Open your browser dev tools and put this in the console: document.cookie = "redesign_optout=true; domain=.reddit.com; path=/; expires=Tue, 01 Jan 2030 00:00:00 GMT"; document.cookie = "listingsignupbar_dismiss=1; domain=.reddit.com; path=/; expires=Tue, 01 Jan 2030 00:00:00 GMT"; This reverts to old reddit without having an account, and without using old.reddit.com
glenstein 6y ago
True. But you can still use old.reddit.com. The content is still there, it's just not accessible. So my process has been to search for 'keyword + reddit', click the best search result, then manually type in 'old' in place of 'www' in the url.
- pjscott 6y ago
  That sounds tedious. You should at least be able to skip that last step with one of the various browser extensions to redirect to old.reddit.com automatically, e.g. this thing for Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirect/dneaehbmnbhcippjikoajpoabadpodje https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirec...
  - glenstein 6y ago
    It is kind of tedious. Thanks for the link to the extension. I have used that extension at times, but in my case there are gaps where I'm either at work, on a different browser or device, where this has sometimes come up. But I agree, an extension is best.
pvarangot 6y ago
Third party apps link Sync for Android still work

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nostromo 6y ago

It really is unfortunate. I loved how Google used to find high quality discussions on all sorts of niche topics (tech, gardening, science, diy...) on sites like MetaFilter and Reddit. Now those queries seem to lead to mostly videos, low quality sites, and shopping sites.