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All the very specific code errors I google have very relevant results but everything more generic is filled with useless marketing junk nowadays. I notice this
by realusername 5y ago
All the very specific code errors I google have very relevant results but everything more generic is filled with useless marketing junk nowadays.
I notice this effect getting worse every year as well, only the ultra specific queries are still usable nowadays, everything else in the middle got spammed and the results are worthless.
- usui 5y agoSee my reference to my "Rant HN" thread elsewhere in this thread because I couldn't disagree with you more. The more specific my code searches get, the worse the experience becomes. I put in a literal quoted phrase and Google doesn't have the decency to just tell me there are no results, it has to waste my time too by returning pages that don't have ANY of the keywords in the quoted phrase. What kind of search engine is that?
- realusername 5y agoThere's also another issue with some of those queries yeah. Due to the way Google is parsing keywords, any search with special characters is basically worthless even with quotes (which does include a lot of code search).