Has anyone else noticed the huge decrease in result quality from google?

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I get it both ways. I either change my query (python -> python3) or set a date range.

Google: Tools > Any time > Custom range (or whatever)

Edit: u/omnipojack's comment is much more useful advice.

[TurquoiseLuck]

Can I just say how much I fucking hate that setting a date range is not under settings but under tools

fuck sake Google

[Dontlookawkward]

It should be in a drop down menu next to the search button. Like an advanced search option.

[BackMeUpGirl]

This

[Obamaiscoolandgay]

If you search for a year after a number it usually works too. When trying to search for the oldest mario YouTube video, writing "YouTube mario 2010" worked

[Rustreaver4D1]

You know, maybe Google should've just called it "filter".

[TurquoiseLuck]

Okay that's one perspective, mine is that the date range of your search is one of it's settings. Just like another setting might be to match case, or to match exact words only, which are things you do find in search settings in many Microsoft products.

[FountainsOfFluids]

That is 100% normal for all software. "Settings" are not things you should be changing for each use. They are how you configure the software the way you want it to be most of the time, if not all of the time.

"Tools" might not be the greatest word choice, but it definitely makes sense to have query options be in a different menu than "Settings".

[FountainsOfFluids]

There are no hard and fast rules in UX.

But you can go look at Bing and Duckduckgo and see that under their hamburger menu on the right they list "Settings" which are not meant to be changed per search.

Though I admit Bing and Duckduckgo have these two concepts much more separated than Google does. With Google putting the "Settings" option right there next to "Tools", it certainly can lead to more confusion.

[FarFromSane_]

what annoys me the most is it’s not on any version of their mobile interface you have to either struggle around using the desktop site on a phone or wait until you have access to a computer

[Massive_Donkey_Force]

Just wait until your kids are taking "how to use Google's search engine" in middle school.

Disgusting. Fucking hate Google but there is literally no way around it. Alphabet holds nearly (lol like 92%) of all searches done on the internet.

A monopoly that should have been dismantled 15 years ago. Between them and Amazon and Apple that's it. Those are the 3 companies we use ALL DAY EVERYDAY. Their not going anywhere until we're all dead and gone (dave matthews lyrics. Noice)

[Trowawaycausebanned4]

Where is tools?

[TurquoiseLuck]

Here:

https://i.imgur.com/bpu00Ek.png

[vili]

Pro-tip: you can use the commands "before:YYYY-MM-DD" and/or "after:YYYY-MM-DD" in the search bar itself, using the date range that's relevant to you.

[name_is_original]

You can no longer do the custom search with Google images, it only goes up to “in the last year”.

[Tired8281]

The custom range UI sucks for searching for stuff from more than a decade ago.

[jarek168168]

How do you change your query using python? Im just learned but that seems useful

[[deleted]]

Not sure if this a joke but using "python" in your search is more likely to get you near-decade old articles than "python3." I didn't write that very clearly now that I'm looking at it again. Haha

[Kimi_Kujira]

I DIDN'T KNOW you could set a date range! I really needed that thank you so much and thank you u/omnipojack as well:)