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Don't reply "just Google it" (lemmy.zip)

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

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It is clear that the signal to noise ratio of the WWW is getting worse. It's much harder to find good content when using a good old search engine. And if it's good it is usually hosted on Reddit or Stackexchange.

So remember, even if it's easy too Google something (well, it isn't nowadays), we want to create a fediverse of good content that helps people (I hope). So, it's always better to write a real answer if you have the time and energy. Please help boost the SNR and reverse the AI fueled information degradation loop.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

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

Just stick it in ChatGPT

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Just Ask Jeeves.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 month ago (10 children)

I'm starting to give up on Google. I've literally copy and pasted the same error message in Google, DuckDuckGo, and Kagl.

Google will respond with "no results found" while the others will actually give me a response.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Google knows me too well.

My kids now get Infoblox commercials in the middle of their Minecraft YouTube videos.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

okay so it's not just me then! I've been seeing that zero matches page more and more. It used to be the other way around, if I couldnt find something on DDG or startpage it would be on google. how did they fuck up their indexing so badly

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I think zero matches means "we weren't able to find any suitable ads so we don't give a fuck about you"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Still ... they should at least get more creative and give you links like "Error 404 Root Beer" ... or "Error 404 hot women in your area"

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