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Incidentally, I noticed very recently (in the last month or so) that searches in google maps (at least on mobile) are also starting to return completely irrelev

• flenserboy 5y ago
  The real question about G is this: who is really in charge there? Answer that, and the explanations for the whys of their behavior will fall into place. I'm not pretending to know the answer, but this question has helped me figure out what's going on with other companies and their strange directions taken.
• seattle_spring 5y ago
  This drives me nuts when I'm trying to navigate somewhere, no pun intended. For example, I'll tell it I want to go to a trailhead for a lake but it will switch it to the literal middle of the lake itself.
  • mmis1000 5y ago
    That also happened to me. I once want to drive to a port. And google decides to direct me to drive straight into the port. (The residents even make a sign that says 'If google direct you to here, you are on the wrong way', It seems it had gone wrong for many years and never got fixed.) Who on the earth think list port/lake/ocean into driving target is a good idea???
• Cipater 5y ago
  It started happening to me around November. I can understand if it shows me an establishment/location with a similar name but the results it gives have nothing in common with the location I'm searching for. It's baffling.