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> Is anybody claiming that it’s sudden? I mean, there are two ex-Googlers in this thread claiming firsthand that search quality was considered sacrosanct as of
by whakim 5y ago
> Is anybody claiming that it’s sudden?
I mean, there are two ex-Googlers in this thread claiming firsthand that search quality was considered sacrosanct as of a few years ago, so it seems like it'd have to have been sudden if indeed it has happened at all.
- kelnos 5y agoFour and a half years is quite enough time for search results to get worse that I wouldn't call it "sudden".
- otherotherchris 5y agoI didn't notice a rapid decline until early 2019, when the search results stopped containing the keywords I used. Before then there was a blend of synonyms and actual keyword matches. This was roughly when Google's new AI began "interpreting" the "meaning" of the specific jargon and product serial numbers I was inputting, and then decided what I actually needed was song lyrics.
- nullc 5y agoYour post exactly. > decided what I actually needed was song lyrics Or random gossip about media celebs. I'm searching for SCSI cable stuff and getting Kim Kardashian (whoever the #@$%@ that is).
- AlbertCory 5y agoTrue, but I didn't assert "it was great right up to the moment I left." The process might have started before, or indeed after I left. And I wasn't in Search, anyway.
- michaelt 5y agoWell, it's possible they attempted to keep search quality high, and they were unsuccessful but they thought they were successful. After all, if me, my team and my boss are rewarded when an imperfect measure of search quality goes up and it's going up, why would I fight to switch to a different measure that wasn't rising?