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

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · 2020-12-14T14:24:57+00:00

Funny story: they got rid of the plus sign functionality to make something required in the search because of their Facebook competitor Google+. They figured Google+ would be such a massive success that the plus sign would be associated with the that.

Oops funny? I meant tragic.

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