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I was an ace searcher until Google went to hell around '08 or '09. It's not that they got so good the skill became irrelevant, but that they changed so none of
by yamtaddle 4y ago
I was an ace searcher until Google went to hell around '08 or '09.
It's not that they got so good the skill became irrelevant, but that they changed so none of that works anymore. All the other major search engines followed suit. Now when there's something I could have found that way, that's not coming up with a naïve search, I just... can't. :-/
- version_five 4y agoIronically the switch to using "AI" for search instead of some version of pattern matching is a big part of what has made it useless. Now you get what it thinks an average person wanted (or what will make them click ads) rather than what matches your query
- titzer 4y agoRight. It's as if the inevitable collision between the incentives of the search engine and advertising has finally gone the completely predictable way.
- CaptainFever 4y agoI don't think the main reason for the change is advertising. I think it is simply Google being tuned more for average people, so Google-fu is no longer needed as much as it was before. I see it as a generally positive thing, but I agree that pattern matching is probably still useful for advanced users which should be opt-in.
- qu4z-2 4y ago> so Google-fu is no longer needed as much as it was before It's still needed, it just no longer works.