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

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] starman2112 19 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Reddit used to be better, but now any time you search for advice on good _____ to buy, the only answers you can find are "use the search function, this question has been answered already"

[–] [email protected] 14 points 7 months ago

Are they actually recommending the Reddit search function? We shit on their internal search function for over a decade, and told people to just use Google and site:Reddit in the search.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I've noticed half the subs are now marked as "NSFW" when searching for something like a plumbing issue for example, which won't allow you to see the posts without using the reddit app.

[–] starman2112 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Use old.reddit as long as you're able to. Don't even need to log in (at least where I live), you just hit the "I'm 18" button

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I do (and did when I was still there) use it on a desktop but on a phone it directs you to the terrible mobile site where the HVAC and plumbing subreddits are somehow NSFW and restricted. Maybe next time I'll try to manually redirect to old.reddit and see if it works.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea 2 points 7 months ago

Yup, I rarely use Reddit these days, and when I do, I use old reddit. Oh, and I never log in, no need for that nonsense.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

That was my issue with old school SymForums. I don't see that so much on reddit.