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> The idea that the engine should "understand what you mean" is what took us to the current state. Now it feels like queries don't matter anymore. Google thinks
by 1024core 5y ago
> The idea that the engine should "understand what you mean" is what took us to the current state. Now it feels like queries don't matter anymore. Google thinks it knows the semantics better than you, and steering it off its chosen path is sometimes obnoxiously hard.
Bingo! If you cede control to Google, it _will_ do what it's optimized to do, and not what _you_ are looking for.
- melenaboija 5y agoWhat is optimized to do says nothing. Optimizing for open text queries means dealing with a massive search space, the thing is choosing a subspace where to search and that is the part engines have to refine, how that is done is a different story. Some people may agree to use their location, search history and visits to online stores to do so but some may not.