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For me the problem is not just that searching on Google is bad, but that sometimes it COMPLETELY hides exactly what I'm looking, for no good reason. For instan
by zzleeper 3y ago
For me the problem is not just that searching on Google is bad, but that sometimes it COMPLETELY hides exactly what I'm looking, for no good reason.
For instance, I wrote an R ggplot2 package called "fedplot" (following the convention of calling the package for the figure style it replicates, as in "bbplot" for BBC-style charts).
Try searching for it on Google: "github" "fedplot" doesn't get you anywhere. Meanwhile, every other search engine gives you exactly what you want if you just type "fedplot". I even tried to add the relevant websites through google's suggested tools, and nothing happened :|
- Brian_K_White 3y agoTheir black box semantic guesser has been told not to feed the radicalizing conspiracy theorist fires about federal plots. Who needs to know anything about government owned land anyway?
- Dah00n 3y agoSearching for "fedplot" looking for https://github.com/sergiocorreia https://github.com/sergiocorreia in the results: Qwant: Result 1 Bing: Result 1 Google: Result 2 Marginalia: Zero results ChatGPT 3.5: Some Federal Reserve dot plot nonsense and no useful results.
- marginalia_nu 3y agoYou're never going to find github results on Marginalia as long as they block 3rd party crawlers :-/
- Dah00n 3y agoWell, zero results are better than spam ;-)
- zzleeper 3y agoI would say Google has zero results, as it does not find https://github.com/sergiocorreia/fedplot https://github.com/sergiocorreia/fedplot nor https://sergiocorreia.github.io/fedplot/ https://sergiocorreia.github.io/fedplot/ ; even with the advantage of the latter being manually added to the Google Admin console. Meanwhile, both Bing and Qwant give me exactly what I want
- Dah00n 3y agoI don't know what customization or personalization is going on in your search compared to mine, but I followed GPs directions and posted my results. Searching today (this time not in Incognito and with extensions turned on in Firefox), I see the correct result as number 1 on google.com, so one better than last time.