> I've thought about this a lot over the past few years, and I've come to the slightly sad conclusion that Google isn't to blame. It's just that there isn't any

> I've thought about this a lot over the past few years, and I've come to the slightly sad conclusion that Google isn't to blame. It's just that there isn't any good quality information on the web anymore. Have you tried marginalia and kagi? If not, come back after you have tried. Until I tried those I could have thought you were possibly right. After testing those I am again confident it is just Google and DuckDuckGo.com who fails, which has been my position since a decade or so ago.