it is hard to talk about an issue for which no solid data is available. To make a comparison, a decade ago, one would have needed to have started recording sear

it is hard to talk about an issue for which no solid data is available. To make a comparison, a decade ago, one would have needed to have started recording searches. Unfortunately, and this is why algorithms can be so insidous, collecting data to prove the decline of google is almost impossible. So despite being blindingly obvious, it is difficult to make a mature discussion based on 'feelings', vague as they are. A research that would work would be to show how irrelevant current results are. Certainly, that wouldn't be hard to prove, even without comparing it to external data.