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Re:The End of the Googleverse by Rebelgecko on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @09:58PM (#37331586)
I just searched for "Elder Scrolls 6 release date" and "GTA VI release date", and the results seem decent. Web pages including words like "prediction" in the title, and the summaries in the search results mention that the predictions are based on things like earnings reports and legal filings.
Re:The End of the Googleverse by mvdtnz on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @10:33PM (#37331813)
I did the same search and if you consider these to be decent quality results we should just agree to disagree because we value information differently.
Re:The End of the Googleverse by papa-whisky on Wednesday August 30, 2023 @11:51PM (#37332249)
I'm curious what you're expecting to be returned here. How can there be "quality" results when the information you're searching for doesn't exist?
Re:The End of the Googleverse by mvdtnz on Thursday August 31, 2023 @01:25AM (#37332802)
I would expect results from reputable publications and not gpt filled click farms. I expect content that is information dense instead of padded and packed with keywords. I expect results that don't have a pointlessly huge number of redundant headers and subheaders that only exist for SEO purposes. I expect a huge bias towards original sources or sites that directly link original sources. And if I'm searching for information that doesn't exist I expect it to be clear right on the results page that this is the case.
Re:The End of the Googleverse by tedunangst on Thursday August 31, 2023 @02:09AM (#37333097)
Who exactly is it you're expecting to produce a high quality information dense web page to say Elder Scrolls hasn't been released so that google can rank it higher?
Re:The End of the Googleverse by bzzzt on Thursday August 31, 2023 @05:03AM (#37334363)
Are you arguing every information void should be filled? If things are not there, there should be no results. Not spam or other inaccurate stuff that doesn't help anyone.
Re:The End of the Googleverse by mvdtnz on Thursday August 31, 2023 @05:05AM (#37334379)
I don't care if there's no results. I would rather have just the words "there is no release date" than 15 different chatgpt generated click farms.