Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story
by pixl97 on Saturday October 07, 2023 @12:16PM
(#37802963)
I'm not sure how the search engine you suggest would filter out noise. There is just an ocean of generated content that exists out there filled with just about every string you could imagine that attempts to get you to click on a link so they can show an ad.
The modern internet is full of hot garbage.
Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story
by mindslight on Saturday October 07, 2023 @01:23PM
(#37803604)
Any page with ads, remove it from the results. I'm not saying this would in any way be in Google's interest, but I'd love to see a search engine that did this.
Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story
by Gracana on Saturday October 07, 2023 @07:40PM
(#37806508)
That is a fantastic idea.
Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story
by cgriswald on Saturday October 07, 2023 @02:13PM
(#37804124)
> I'm not sure how the search engine you suggest would filter out noise.
This seems orthogonal to the suggestion. Presumably the search engine would still filter out noise.
However, even if the other poster means they want the raw internet as well, there's no technical limitations preventing search engines from offering a 'filtered' or 'raw' option. They already offer filters based on what you're looking for (books, news) or to exclude explicit results.
Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story
by bombcar on Saturday October 07, 2023 @12:15PM
(#37802958)
Google search is optimized to deliver more ads. Providing the result you want quickly is against this.
Re:Wired has removed "How Google Alters Search Queries" story
by justinclift on Saturday October 07, 2023 @02:26PM
(#37804238)
> I think that any search engine that queried based upon the exact provided search terms would eat their lunch.
Kagi is probably what you're looking for then. :)
"It looks like there aren't many great matches for your search"
Good job, Goog!
I remember when it was new, and one of the killer features was the dead-simple "innovation" of having AND searches instead of OR. To this day, I think that any search engine that queried based upon the exact provided search terms would eat their lunch. Probably not, but I would like it.