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Google results are shockingly bad now. For searching documentation or Stackoverflow it can be fine, but for anything else, good luck. I know that blogspam has f
by hbn 5y ago
Google results are shockingly bad now. For searching documentation or Stackoverflow it can be fine, but for anything else, good luck. I know that blogspam has floated to the top for years, but it seems like it's gotten even worse in the last couple years or so. Googling for random information, or trying to find a good product recommendation returns absolutely useless blogspam results where it seems to be strings of text copy-pasted into giant "articles" that are just lists of questions and answers that I assume was cobbled together by a bot.
I dread if Reddit going public ruins the site (well, ruins it more than the redesign did), because currently, appending "reddit" to your query is the only way to get results that seem like they're actually written by a human.
edit: oh, and in regards to his bit about web notifications -- I totally agree that they're one of the worst things to happen to the web, and it's the one web standard I'm actually happy Apple refuses to implement in Safari. It's only used maliciously, and it's a horrible UX. The amount of times I've looked at the notification shade of a non-tech-savvy Android user's phone and seen a bunch of ads from random websites, it's obviously not worth it. Users have been so trained to click "ok" and "accept" on the millions of popups that are shoved in their face as they try to navigate the web, it's no wonder they're enabling notifications on every website they enter. Get this stupid popup out of my face so I can see the content!
- fbanon 5y ago>For searching documentation or Stackoverflow it can be fine I have to disagree on that one. If you search for some API or error message, 9 out of 10 results will be these malware-ridden autogenerated clones of Stackoverflow. I can't believe Google engineers can't do something about this. They must be using Google to search for this kind of stuff everyday...
- hbn 5y agoOh god I forgot about the SO scrapers. They seem somewhat recent, I don't remember seeing them not that long ago. They're usually completely broken. Or just made by someone with no sense of UI