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This is part of the reason Google search sucks more and more. Around when Android appeared, and the first voice searches began, Google suddenly started to alia

by b112 4y ago

This is part of the reason Google search sucks more and more. Around when Android appeared, and the first voice searches began, Google suddenly started to alias everything. Search for 'Andy', 'Andrew' appears. Search for 'there', and 'they're' appears. This has been taken further, now silly aliases such as debian .. ubuntu exist, and as google happily drops words in your search, to find a match, this makes precision impossible. But, that's the only way to make voice search remotely work, so...

jefftk 4y ago
I don't think this is to support voice search: Google generally knows whether a query was initiated by voice or typing. Instead, I think it's because most users find what they're looking for faster with it. If you have terms you don't want interpreted broadly you can put them in quotes.
- bluGill 4y ago
  Most people are not precise enough in their terminology.
- Zach_the_Lizard 4y ago
  Google "helpfully" ignores the quotes sometimes too. They're not the hard and fast rule they used to be. I preached the Gospel of Google when the competition was composed of web rings and Altavista, but Google in its infinite wisdom has abandoned the advanced user with changes of this nature.
  - thfuran 4y ago
    So what is the gospel de jour, or are we forsaken in these benighted times?
  - jvolkman 4y ago
    Pretty sure quote support has improved recently. https://blog.google/products/search/how-were-improving-search-results-when-you-use-quotes/ https://blog.google/products/search/how-were-improving-searc...
    - b112 4y ago
      Considering the article lies, and tries to claim quotes always are respected, I wouldn't put much faith in it.
galaxyLogic 4y ago
I find voice-assistant often useful for using the phone such as opening a given setting, say make the display brighter. Trying to navigate the settings pages is very error-prone. There seems to be no universal standard as to where each setting should be found.
- b112 4y ago
  The real problem is people keep reorganizing where the settings are found.

by b112 4y ago

jefftk 4y ago

I don't think this is to support voice search: Google generally knows whether a query was initiated by voice or typing. Instead, I think it's because most users find what they're looking for faster with it. If you have terms you don't want interpreted broadly you can put them in quotes.

bluGill 4y ago
Most people are not precise enough in their terminology.
Zach_the_Lizard 4y ago
Google "helpfully" ignores the quotes sometimes too. They're not the hard and fast rule they used to be. I preached the Gospel of Google when the competition was composed of web rings and Altavista, but Google in its infinite wisdom has abandoned the advanced user with changes of this nature.
- thfuran 4y ago
  So what is the gospel de jour, or are we forsaken in these benighted times?
- jvolkman 4y ago
  Pretty sure quote support has improved recently. https://blog.google/products/search/how-were-improving-search-results-when-you-use-quotes/ https://blog.google/products/search/how-were-improving-searc...
  - b112 4y ago
    Considering the article lies, and tries to claim quotes always are respected, I wouldn't put much faith in it.

galaxyLogic 4y ago

I find voice-assistant often useful for using the phone such as opening a given setting, say make the display brighter. Trying to navigate the settings pages is very error-prone. There seems to be no universal standard as to where each setting should be found.

b112 4y ago
The real problem is people keep reorganizing where the settings are found.