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It will substitute similar things, such as the word ubuntu for debian. Which can be incredibly frustrating if you know the problem well enough to need a differ
by NegativeK 3y ago
It will substitute similar things, such as the word ubuntu for debian.
Which can be incredibly frustrating if you know the problem well enough to need a different answer.
- unlikelytomato 3y agoThis is a good point. I searched for "rename" today and the top result switched it to "name" instead. The TOP result completely changed the query. Infuriating. I also love when my search is narrow enough that Google instead starts to return more generic pages for totally different programming languages instead of the smaller result set that matches exactly. It is very easy to observe as you explore a topic. At some point, you got a wall where any increase in search specificity seems to yield worse results than queries that helped you get to that point.
- NegativeK 3y agoYeah; that's a good point. Google's desire to provide popular/well known information sources is outweighing the ability for people to be specific. It's infuriating to be ignored as a user. Hence using verbatim constantly, which feels like a checkbox for "stop failing me". Which... Why isn't Google learning that some users are constantly seeking out verbatim for results they'll click on and adjusting their search results to be more verbatim?