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The cut that hurt the deepest for me is when negated search terms stopped working. You used to be able to get subsets of data, finding things without a homonym,
by labster 3y ago
The cut that hurt the deepest for me is when negated search terms stopped working. You used to be able to get subsets of data, finding things without a homonym, but now the algorithm just gives you the most common results and the most paid ads.
- npsimons 3y agoThey retired "links:" (or something named similar) to find websites that linked to a given one. Was very useful, and I've been fearing ever since that they will do away with "site:" next. There was also a time you could paste a URL to a .GPX file into Google Maps and have it loaded. Quick and easy, well before OSM and Leaflet.
- suddenclarity 3y agoWasn't "links:" mostly (ab)used by SEOs while "site:" is really useful for real users?
- flyinghamster 3y agoI've been noticing that on DDG as well. Gentleman's agreement, perhaps? I hope not.