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Google search results are beginning to bore the life out of me, and part of it has to do with inane google-plus entries in the search results. WTF goog search?

Google search results are beginning to bore the life out of me, and part of it has to do with inane google-plus entries in the search results. WTF goog search? It seems like ever since Bing showed up and did that little left-hand column of filters, you started running around doing all sorts of "innovation" and it seems messy and quality control is just starting to suck wind. It's obvious you're tinkering with search results to promote your own services -- did you not think anyone would notice? Goog search, I don't even know you anymore.

lukeschlather 15y ago
That's really not what's happening here. I have a fairly unique name, and the basic problem is that when you search for a person's name, their personal website has a lower rank than any social network, so LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and G+ will often show up above someone's personal site. It's not a conspiracy, it's just how the ranking algorithm works.
- jroseattle 15y ago
  Thanks Luke, but my use case doesn't involve searching on someone's name.
  - lukeschlather 15y ago
    Sorry, what was your case again? I thought we were talking about the article and the "jon mitchell jury duty" query.
    - jroseattle 15y ago
      I was complaining about Google search, the inclusion of google-plus entries, and how it's search results have taken a turn for the worse. In my experience, I've started to see more and more google plus entries in search results, and those results are often crappy.
mike-cardwell 15y ago
https://ssl.scroogle.org/ https://ssl.scroogle.org/
sequoia 15y ago
Jump ship! https://duckduckgo.com/ https://duckduckgo.com/ esp. see: https://duckduckgo.com/goodies.html https://duckduckgo.com/goodies.html strips referers (so sites don't see whence you came), bang syntax (search other sites directly), doesn't track, doesn't log, "vim keybindings"... it's pretty sweet. :)
- RobertKohr 15y ago
  I set that as my default search for my browser. The main winning feature - they respect the + operator. I can string together a bunch of technical terms, and know that all of them will appear in my results. No doubts. When google started going all fuzzy on me and returning things that sorta matched what I was looking for, I tried ddg and was happy to get exact matches. I guess google is trying to satisfy the 80%, but I am in the 20% way too often.

lukeschlather 15y ago

That's really not what's happening here. I have a fairly unique name, and the basic problem is that when you search for a person's name, their personal website has a lower rank than any social network, so LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and G+ will often show up above someone's personal site. It's not a conspiracy, it's just how the ranking algorithm works.

jroseattle 15y ago
Thanks Luke, but my use case doesn't involve searching on someone's name.
- lukeschlather 15y ago
  Sorry, what was your case again? I thought we were talking about the article and the "jon mitchell jury duty" query.
  - jroseattle 15y ago
    I was complaining about Google search, the inclusion of google-plus entries, and how it's search results have taken a turn for the worse. In my experience, I've started to see more and more google plus entries in search results, and those results are often crappy.

mike-cardwell 15y ago

https://ssl.scroogle.org/ https://ssl.scroogle.org/

sequoia 15y ago

Jump ship! https://duckduckgo.com/ https://duckduckgo.com/ esp. see: https://duckduckgo.com/goodies.html https://duckduckgo.com/goodies.html strips referers (so sites don't see whence you came), bang syntax (search other sites directly), doesn't track, doesn't log, "vim keybindings"... it's pretty sweet. :)

RobertKohr 15y ago
I set that as my default search for my browser. The main winning feature - they respect the + operator. I can string together a bunch of technical terms, and know that all of them will appear in my results. No doubts. When google started going all fuzzy on me and returning things that sorta matched what I was looking for, I tried ddg and was happy to get exact matches. I guess google is trying to satisfy the 80%, but I am in the 20% way too often.