• DaddleDew@lemmy.world
    10·
    6 months ago

    It’s missing 2 pages of results that are nothing but bot-generated articles that contain garbage information and serve no purpose other than get you to view the ads on the page. And another 2 pages of nothing but ads written to look like honest reviews and comparisons of products.

  • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
    4·
    6 months ago

    You’re missing the part where the results are infuriatingly answering a similar but not the same query because it’s more profitable to do so.

    For example, looking up the part number of a transmission on my car, and then half the page is links to dealerships and repair shops. Not the answer to my question.

    • frunch@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 months ago

      That’s what bothers me most–i used to be able to find technical help and info very easily. Nowadays it’s all buried behind pages of bullshit–if you can find any of those forums at all. There’s very few places to get good help at this point, and I’m afraid it’s going to be even more difficult to find those places as time marches on.

      • ironhydroxide@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        This is what worries me.

        Forums were some of the best places to find specific information on niche topics. Were moderated and controlled in such a way to maintain the information and improve when new information was discovered.

        But then social media killed many forums. Along with capitalism.

        Many forums emulated social media, until they were no longer forums.

        Others went the way of more ads than real posts.

        All had their readership decrease, and many lost ability to host due to that.

  • thorbot@lemmy.world
    4·
    6 months ago

    should have a braindead AI answer that tells you to add teeth to your fucking pancakes

    • NickwithaC@lemmy.worldEnglish
      01·
      6 months ago

      HE GOT TEETH ON HIS PANCAKES!!!

      WHAT, THERE AREN’T ENOUGH IN YOUR MOUTH CUZZA ALL THE DICK YA SUCK?!

  • darvocet@infosec.pub
    3·
    6 months ago

    Also forgetting the part where every question about how to do something results in a 5m video. For fuck sakes, just write the list of steps out for me.

    Example: How do I reset the oil service indicator on my vehicle?

    Answer: hold x button for 10 seconds

    • taiyang@lemmy.world
      0·
      6 months ago

      Teaching young people (18-23ish), I regret to say that many people prefer the video. I don’t get it, especially since it’s not like they’re not strong readers- they text as much as anyone else.

      Social norms? Attention span? Actual reading comprehension? It makes no sense, they prefer a 90 minute recording of the course over a study guide I give out with the same stuff, and wonder why they have no free time…

      • barsquid@lemmy.world
        1·
        6 months ago

        I understand it if there’s some mechanical thing that’s easier to see in video. Otherwise no, I hate it.

  • TheTimeKnife@lemmy.world
    1·
    6 months ago

    I switched to using multiple search engines and set DDG as my default search engine because Google ruined its own results. Still use Google on occasion, but really barely at all compared to the previous 20 years.

  • sundray@lemmus.orgEnglish
    1·
    6 months ago

    I miss when search engines would just tell you if they didn’t find anything. Now it’s “hmm, we removed some of your terms in order to show you lots and lots of results instead of none!”