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Way better? Dunno. Lots of things I search for, result in a 1/2 page of "helpful google snippets", which quite often have no value, or are even completely wr
by b112 4y ago
Way better? Dunno.
Lots of things I search for, result in a 1/2 page of "helpful google snippets", which quite often have no value, or are even completely wrong.
The next half, is then often SEO spam, pages just copying other pages, or mailing lists/forums.
This often fills the second page, too, along with the very links google pulled the snippets from.
This was sorta how Alta Vista was in the end days, page after page of junk.
I think Google is still better, but, it's a joke compared to over 2 years ago, and no, it's not SEO/spam.
They're just not putting effort into keeping up, and even benefit by ad placements on those pages.
- ff317 4y agoYeah... usually when I'm searching, I'm looking for something deep in the weeds, and what I get are really surface-level results. It's like I'm searching for some deep detail about how 3-phase grid voltage levels react to a severely imbalanced load per phase, and instead I get a bunch of junk about how to plug a lamp into a household socket without electrocuting yourself (totally made up illustrative example!). I truly think 1990s AltaVista was better at this kind of stuff than today's Google (but maybe not early Google).