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Man, Google’s poor search results sure do pay well /s. I wonder if Google will make any big acquisitions this year
by endisneigh 5y ago
Man, Google’s poor search results sure do pay well /s.
I wonder if Google will make any big acquisitions this year
- NotAnOtter 5y agoGoogle is many things, but poor search results is not one of them. Still the best search engine around, being too good is the problem most people have
- sixothree 5y agoNot in my day-to-day work. The deterioration is very clear.
- endisneigh 5y agohow so?
- jeffbee 5y agoNot sure if sarcasm or not. These results demonstrate that the HN zeitgeist about the utility of Google is not related to its actual utility to the public at large.
- anonporridge 5y agoMost people want the lowest common denominator information. They want to know what most other people think and want. HN and their desire for niche information is just not representative of the average human.
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- cobookman 5y agoTechnically, revenue decline would be a lagging indicator of poor search results and poor user experience. But agreed.
- im3w1l 5y agoProduct quality is a leading indicator of profit. If the HN perception is accurate, then it will be a problem in the long term.
- Avalaxy 5y agoThis is very noticeable. I remember everyone here saying Atlassian was a sinking ship when they switched to cloud-only. Ever since, its stock has almost doubled. I can probably think of a pretty big list of other things where HN hivemind completely misaligns with how 90% of the normal population thinks.
- detaro 5y agoDoesn't really follow. a) Google is a lot more than search and b) it's not like people noticing "crap, search results are getting worse" suddenly stop using it entirely, given there is no clearly superior competitor. Similarly with many other products.