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Google search is over (mastodon.social)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Via @[email protected]

Right now if you search for "country in Africa that starts with the letter K":

DuckDuckGo will link to an alphabetical list of countries in Africa which includes Kenya.
Google, as the first hit, links to a ChatGPT transcript where it claims that there are none, and summarizes to say the same.

This is because ChatGPT at some point ingested this popular joke:

"There are no countries in Africa that start with K." "What about Kenya?" "Kenya suck deez nuts?"

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[+] [email protected] -10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It is a fact that Google results have been getting worse over time.

Care to back up that unfounded claim?

Other search engines don't seem to have a problem answering the question

Two for one! Mind giving me some supporting evidence? Nothing anecdotal, mind you. Show me that "other search engines" answer questions better than google, statistically.

[–] SIGSEGV 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I can back up that claim by pointing to the popularity of other search engines. People are now even paying to search because Google has become a nightmare due to SEO.

As to your other question: did you even read the other comments on this thread before you jumped to Google's defense?

I used to totally be a Google fanboy, like you still are, but they're failing us, dude, and somewhere deep down, I think you realize that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I can back up that claim by pointing to the popularity of other search engines

I would love to see that research paper. Just to be clear: you are claiming that google is... Not the most popular search engine? Or that it is losing popularity?

You still haven't answered my questions, though.

[–] SIGSEGV 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Go die in a fire. You understand my point well and arguing symantics and technicalities. If you actually don't understand, please die in a larger, hotter fire, because the world needs less people like you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No, sorry. I honestly do not understand your point. Please sum it up for me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why don't you show us some proof that google search is unchanged compared to what it was 10 years go.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

When did I make that claim?