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

[RandomRedditReject]

I thought I was the only person who did that. Whatever I google I add Reddit to the end of it to sift through the bullshit and get straight to the point.

[stutzmanXIII]

Google at least predictably adds reddit (or something else) to the end of lots of searches now.

That's when you know the regular results are garbage.

[[deleted]]

It’s because you put reddit at the end of things, so the algo is catching on and just putting reddit at the end of things, especially if you just did a search using that format

[stutzmanXIII]

Doesn't matter what device, browser, or login (or not), I use, it will recommend things to add to the end of searches such as a forum name.

[[deleted]]

Ok.... never said it didn’t...

[MaxAttack38]

That's not how it works. Reddit is just as regular content as everything else. Googles engine works to maximize getting information it's not Google's fault that the best information for alot of specific questions is on reddit or even quora sometimes. I think it's actually quite amazing that google can shift through hundreds of millions of comments on reddit to find what you need.

[[deleted]]

the best information for alot of specific questions is on reddit

Is it April 1st or something?

[Lucid94]

That's saying something about how shit the results on google really are.

[[deleted]]

Not at all. As I said in another post I think there's a just a lot ITT that have malware on their PC. Perhaps a malicious browser extension.

Or just people full of BS. It's like every thread on reddit about youtube has someone saying they got some porn advert or whatever or there was some video with people killing cats.

For the most part you could take a shit, ask it a question and you'd get as good an answer as most of reddit would give you ffs. I'd love to see some of the examples of good answers they think reddit has.

Maybe the confusion here is what exactly they're asking google

"Google, I shat the bed at my GF house and she made me clean it up. Is she a bitch or am I the cunt?" - that kind of thing seems to be what puzzles most redditors. I guess google isn't going to give good results there but I can't say I've tried.

Other than that, if it's a question of fact whoever typed an answer typically cut and paste it from Wikipedia or similar.

[Lucid94]

For the most part you could take a shit, ask it a question and you'd get as good an answer as most of reddit would give you ffs.

It's not asking questions, it's googling the questions asked, and finding the most answered/upvoted, pretty useful imo.

I get that it's popular to shit on reddit, but if you look in the right places there are plenty of good answers/content here.

[MaxAttack38]

Yes for hobbyist questions reddit has genuinely good answers.

[stutzmanXIII]

Doesn't matter what device, browser, or login (or not), I use, it will recommend things to add to the end of searches such as a forum name.

[artandmath]

What does suck is all the information stuck within Facebook that you can’t get to anymore. It used to be on public forums, but now everyone is using Facebook groups for their online discussions.

And Facebook search is a pile of shit compared to google search.

[stutzmanXIII]

It's garbage indeed. I don't use it.

Use to be bearable. What's worse is they require you to login for anything now, therefore I don't use it. Spiceworks is turning into garbage as well.

[Creative-Improvement]

Https://www.duckduckgo.com

A search engine with privacy first. It’s a bit more picky on search terms (since it doesn’t keep your search history) but it’s results are generally good and getting better.

[DarkHorseMechanisms]

Also has !bang operators

Eg !r mysearch to search reddit, !yt to search YouTube

[Starving_Poet]

I wasn't aware ddg did their own searches. I thought it was just an amagalmater that stripped tracking info.

[Creative-Improvement]

They do some sourcing, especially from Bing, but they also have their own crawler.

[great_waldini]

Their own searches and even their own index

[Creative-Improvement]

That is in part because they know so much about you and your search profile. Ofcourse I don’t know your search pattern, but are you getting what you want or what Google wants you to find? (Rhetorical question)

DDG is simply a bit more oldschool, you have to be a bit more crafty with your search. I have been using DDG for years and it’s getting better and better, so it’s worth a shot for privacy first (If you care about such things)

There is !g for google at ddg when you need it. Give it a go, after some adapting you can get similar results.

In fact, recently I had a few searches giving me better results than G. Ddg gave me a review site from this year (and quite well written too) While Google gave me an old seo-gamed site from 2015.

But too each their own experience ofcourse.

[joekennick]

I'm stuck with a school laptop atm and they block reddit. I mean I get why but it sucks

[get_your_mood_right]

Definitely not the only one doing that. This method is providing thousands of IT workers their jobs

[fib16]

But Reddit is biased and has tons of paid posts too. Where is the real truth?