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For a few glorious years google was amazing at this. the difference coming from altavista was unreal. at this point, I think I'd prefer boolean queries like al

by jfoutz 5y ago

For a few glorious years google was amazing at this. the difference coming from altavista was unreal. at this point, I think I'd prefer boolean queries like altavista so I can search the word vectors myself. maybe some meta info so I can include/exclude based on various tags and links.

jsjohnst 5y ago
> For a few glorious years google was amazing at this. the difference coming from altavista was unreal. I so miss those days! I don’t remember exactly when it fully became useless for exact specific queries like that, but I think it was around 2007-2009.