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I use search for coding a lot, and lately I've noticed it's hard to find what I'm after. If I'm looking for some small thing like what an sftp command looks lik
by lordnacho 4y ago
I use search for coding a lot, and lately I've noticed it's hard to find what I'm after. If I'm looking for some small thing like what an sftp command looks like, I don't want an SEO essay about why SSH is great and we should all use encryption. I just want the example line.
This seems to be what ChatGPT can give me. It doesn't always work, but it also doesn't beat around the bush.
- quantified 4y agoYet.
- Tagbert 4y agoUntil ChatGPT starts giving you responses crafted from those SEO sites.
- red-iron-pine 4y agoGPT is probably crafting those sites and like has been for a while now
- b212 4y agoThat is odd, what exactly were you looking for? In my case Google results are still top notch. Sometimes I search for SO question every X years and I’m always able to find it easily.
- lordnacho 4y agoPretty much any minor thing like what does some syntax look like. I get both SEO essays and StackOverflow copycat sites.
- aejnsn 4y ago100%. I have found it sooo difficult to trace framework/library documentation down that 3-4 years ago was first few results. Something has ruined their algorithm.
- _jab 4y agoYup, exactly the same experience here. It feels like there's been a recent wave of SEO-optimized websites that consistently pop up when I google specific errors, but rarely have literally anything of substance.