I have the strong impression that Google search has become nigh uselessly bad, based on tons of experiences where it feels like my nuanced search query gets rounded off to a generic, common, and to me irrelevant question. And in particular, Google loves to answer each query under the assumption that I want to buy something, when I actually want to know something (and rarely buy stuff, so one would expect search personalization to help me).
For instance, when I search for how to find clothes for tall & thin people, Google answers with random Amazon product links (which wouldn’t fit me), rather than with answers to that question. (In fact, if the answer were on Amazon, I’d already know it, so this kind of search result is always useless.)
Or: I want a product comparison, and am reliably barraged with those useless SEO-optimized comparison websites that regurgitate Amazon stats rather than testing their own products.
Or: I ask any question, and the answer reliably is (or pretends to be) from 2022, i.e. SEO-optimized garbage rather than good, timeless content.
I have the strong impression that Google search has become nigh uselessly bad, based on tons of experiences where it feels like my nuanced search query gets rounded off to a generic, common, and to me irrelevant question. And in particular, Google loves to answer each query under the assumption that I want to buy something, when I actually want to know something (and rarely buy stuff, so one would expect search personalization to help me).
For instance, when I search for how to find clothes for tall & thin people, Google answers with random Amazon product links (which wouldn’t fit me), rather than with answers to that question. (In fact, if the answer were on Amazon, I’d already know it, so this kind of search result is always useless.)
Or: I want a product comparison, and am reliably barraged with those useless SEO-optimized comparison websites that regurgitate Amazon stats rather than testing their own products.
Or: I ask any question, and the answer reliably is (or pretends to be) from 2022, i.e. SEO-optimized garbage rather than good, timeless content.
And so on.