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The Verge shows how Google search is useless (www.theverge.com)

submitted 6 months ago by sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The Verge published this spam article about the "best printers of 2024" to demonstrate how terrible Google's search results are. It now appears as the top non-sponsored post if you search "best printer" on Google.

I love a good, informative troll.

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[–] frankgrimeszz@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

In my recent experience, it recommends shitty blogs loaded with adverts and keywords. Most annoyingly, it always recommends Fandom’s Wiki above better alternative wiki sites. My DuckDuckGo experience has surprisingly been more useful.

That aside, my Brother laser printer is still working great. No complaints.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 0 points 6 months ago

My DDG searches have been absolute garbage for the past few months. About 75% of the time I have to re-search my keywords on Google to actually get a relevant result.

It's bad enough that I'm about to switch back to Google.