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it s really a mess. Searching for 'viper' brings up 'Viber' as the first result, the rest is cars except for a link to 'viperidae'. It's a goddamn snake, google

by jdrc 5y ago

alberto7 5y ago
Eugh yes. This is getting worse and worse so rapidly. If your search term happens to also be a currently popular song or artist then you may as well skip ahead a couple of pages.
- lolinder 5y ago
  Same thing if there's a movie adaptation of the book you're looking for.
svnpenn 5y ago
Looks fine to me http://0x0.st/oXzN.png http://0x0.st/oXzN.png
gtirloni 5y ago
Just add another word "viper snake" and the problem is solved. I don't see the problem. You wouldn't shout "viper" at a random person and expect them to correctly guess you're talking about a snake at first guess.
- ViViDboarder 5y ago
  I mean, I’d assume it was a snake. Not sure what else I’d assume they were talking about. Also, Google isn’t a person. I wouldn’t expect someone to understand what I’m trying to say if I yelled “site Colin stackoverflow.com fizz buzz” at them either. The bigger issue is that Google didn’t even interpret “viper” as any form of “viper” at all and instead corrected it to a nonsense word that’s a company name.
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    > I mean, I’d assume it was a snake. Not sure what else I’d assume they were talking about. Shout it at me and I'd be fifty-fifty whether it's a snake or a car (the Dodge V-10) you mean. But I'm a car nut; I'd assume for normal (English-speaking) people the snake would be the obvious default meaning.
- jdrc 5y ago
  English is not my native, i wasn't sure it's a snake
- deleted 5y ago
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ufo 5y ago
For me it's a different results bubble, but still a mess: Dodge Viper, a brand of booze, a tattoo parlor, two different video-game characters called "viper", a "tactical clothing" store, a Go library, a bar, a TV series, an iOS design pattern. To get actual snakes I have to search for "vipers".
- CRConrad 5y ago
  Gaming mice?

it s really a mess. Searching for 'viper' brings up 'Viber' as the first result, the rest is cars except for a link to 'viperidae'. It's a goddamn snake, google

by jdrc 5y ago

it s really a mess. Searching for 'viper' brings up 'Viber' as the first result, the rest is cars except for a link to 'viperidae'. It's a goddamn snake, google

alberto7 5y ago

Eugh yes. This is getting worse and worse so rapidly. If your search term happens to also be a currently popular song or artist then you may as well skip ahead a couple of pages.

lolinder 5y ago
Same thing if there's a movie adaptation of the book you're looking for.

svnpenn 5y ago

Looks fine to me http://0x0.st/oXzN.png http://0x0.st/oXzN.png

gtirloni 5y ago

Just add another word "viper snake" and the problem is solved. I don't see the problem. You wouldn't shout "viper" at a random person and expect them to correctly guess you're talking about a snake at first guess.

ViViDboarder 5y ago
I mean, I’d assume it was a snake. Not sure what else I’d assume they were talking about. Also, Google isn’t a person. I wouldn’t expect someone to understand what I’m trying to say if I yelled “site Colin stackoverflow.com fizz buzz” at them either. The bigger issue is that Google didn’t even interpret “viper” as any form of “viper” at all and instead corrected it to a nonsense word that’s a company name.
- CRConrad 5y ago
  > I mean, I’d assume it was a snake. Not sure what else I’d assume they were talking about. Shout it at me and I'd be fifty-fifty whether it's a snake or a car (the Dodge V-10) you mean. But I'm a car nut; I'd assume for normal (English-speaking) people the snake would be the obvious default meaning.
jdrc 5y ago
English is not my native, i wasn't sure it's a snake
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ufo 5y ago

For me it's a different results bubble, but still a mess: Dodge Viper, a brand of booze, a tattoo parlor, two different video-game characters called "viper", a "tactical clothing" store, a Go library, a bar, a TV series, an iOS design pattern. To get actual snakes I have to search for "vipers".

CRConrad 5y ago
Gaming mice?