Researchers confirm what we already knew: Google results really are getting worse

technom, 4 months ago

Why just Google? Search has gone into the gutter across the board. Certain search constraints like excluding keywords or sites no longer work. Amazon doesn’t even care what you type in - they just show you what they want you to buy.

mawkishdave, 4 months ago

What hasn’t gotten worse with Google? I have been slowly leaving Google and now it’s just YouTube and Google maps. Youtube I am not overly worried about as I can still block all the commercials.

PixeIOrange, 4 months ago

I suggest you Organic Maps. Lightweight, offline, FOSS. Maybe not as much functions as maps but enough for me.

18107, 4 months ago

If you don’t mind paying to use a search engine, Kagi is actually pretty good. Not as good as Google was 20 years ago, but significantly better than any other search engine I can find today.

BotCheese, 4 months ago

i dont use Kagi but i know people were upset about their deal with brave. after hearing about the it the devs went with it anyways

heyfrancis, 4 months ago

Good thing they offer free trial (100 searches), so anyone can try before purchasing a plan

@18107 @ylai

mo_ztt, 4 months ago

Headline’s a little misleading; the thrust of the story is that every search engine is getting worse under the absolutely crushing weight of SEO gaming the system, and they note:

Google’s targeting of SEO and affiliate spam appears to be the most effective, the team found.

Starbuck, 4 months ago

I think the real headline here is that the internet overall has gotten worse, and even the top Google results still point to shit.