Yes Google is getting worse, but I'd argue it's not entirely due to ads, and not entirely Google's fault. I think people need to understand that Google was inv

Yes Google is getting worse, but I'd argue it's not entirely due to ads, and not entirely Google's fault. I think people need to understand that Google was invented to solve a problem, and that particular problem, is the problem of finding information you need. In the early days of the internet, there was fewer information stored on the internet, so this problem was simpler back then. However, information has grown dramatically over the years, and is still increasing every day. Basically, now Google's search engine model doesn't really work all that great anymore when compared to its early days, simply because the problem has outgrown Google in scale. Think about it... as more and more information gets generated and stored on the internet, finding the information you exactly are looking for using 3-5 words typed into a search engine at some point just ceases to become probable or even possible. So search engines have to predict what you want based upon the limited information you give it (and does this using others things such as how often something is visited, search patterns, trends, and/or related ads + promotions), and users end up perceiving it as a crummy search. Sadly giving a search engine too many words can stop it from even searching, probably because (if you're a developer) you'd understand that could cause a scan or result in a very time and computer/resource intensive search. So it doesn't even bother searching and tells you it couldn't find any information.