The End of the Googleverse

Re:The End of the Googleverse by debugnik on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @07:29PM (#37330474)

I remember a Google search with quotes for which Google implicitly removed the quotes, returning irrelevant results, but suggested that I add some extra pair of quotes… which resulted in the same page but suggesting yet another pair of quotes… and so on.

I was literally unable to perform the search that I wanted, and all Google suggested repeatedly was adding a dozen quotes on each side. Most frustrating search experience I've ever had.

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Re:The End of the Googleverse by water-your-self on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @09:29PM (#37331402)

Probably a very tight window between when they hamstrung explicit strings and when they still had it a a recommended feature.

Its unfortunate but theres more money to be made being less helpful. For example, google ads pay based on session length.

See youtube killing its short form videos with the 10 minute monetization cliff --> gap filled by vine and then later by TikTok

Once you change the usefulness of your product it's only a matter of time

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