Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it

Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it by guerrilla on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @12:47PM (#31424917)

How come nobody is doing social search yet? Why can't I up and down vote results and maybe even comment on them or something? I don't want to ever see some of these recipe sites that show up again... I can't imagine I would if people were helping curate. Seems like an "easy" solution to SEO crapola?

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Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it by dostojevski1 on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @02:04PM (#31425790)

I don't think there is the need of curating content in a social search way, if the SE itself is just good and alternative SE's that are coming up seem very promising.

e.g., you.com lets you pick preferred sources, so that you can tailor your search experience to your needs.

They've also done a great job on recipes. https://you.com/search?q=oven%20roasted%20broccoli

Neeva and Kagi also seem promising, though their both waitlist/invite only still

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Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it by fils on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @02:26PM (#31426033)

Actually I think Neeva is fully open now for all to try at https://neeva.com/

I don't work for them, but I have gone the paid route with them and I am very pleased with them as my default search now.

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Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it by bsparker on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @07:06PM (#31428725)

Social search has been attempted so many times.

Google tried it in 2009, failed. Microsoft tried it in 2013, failed. Startups across the board have tried it.

I think it is because "social" usually implies to a user that they are searching for a person, not the content they create. And previously, there wasn't a ton of UGC that was relevant to a query.

Disclaimer: I'm a You.com employee working on search.

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Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it by ryan-duve on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @03:28PM (#31426654)

I vaguely remember Wiki's search engine doing this; maybe it was called WikiCloud? Anyway, it was just clunky in practice to

1. search something

2. click links until you get your info

3. go back to the search page and upvote/downvote the results based on which ones were useful

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Re:Why Google is so unbearable, and how to fix it by guerrilla on Wednesday May 18, 2022 @03:35PM (#31426717)

Hmm, I see what you mean and how that could be bad. Maybe something like the old stumbleupon interface could work.

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