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My problem with google is that it often tries to figure out my search intent and then return results accordingly. the attempt might be commendable but for many

My problem with google is that it often tries to figure out my search intent and then return results accordingly. the attempt might be commendable but for many types of searches they fail miserably. when they misread my search intent, the results are completely awful. and to make matters worse, 95% or more of the web isn't even being shown to users and so I keep getting the same stupid search results: which is fine for many cases but not all cases. sometimes I need more than just another post by NBC. I will say, google search is very good at technical searches, that's for sure. But, for example, they totally suck if you're looking information or doing research on financial matters or economics.

thfuran 5y ago
>I will say, google search is very good at technical searches, that's for sure. Unless your technical search, for example, contains jargon with a similar spelling to or other sense synonymous with a common term that Google will helpfully also consider to match your query. I think it's actually rather mediocre for technical searches now that they've gone so deep into stemming and such and lessened the ability to use operators to refine queries. And, of course, the lack of support for symbols makes many technical queries extremely difficult.