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Re:The man who killed Google Search by fuzztester on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @08:27PM (#40139019)
>>the example I like to show people is searching "how to fix a leaky faucet"

>Kagi shows helpful answers and videos from sites like This Old House.

>Google shows ads for plumbers near me. If I had wanted a plumber, I would've searched for that.

JFC.

This illustrates one of my biggest complaints about current Google (which has been the case for sometime):

They make their software behave as though they know what I (you) want, better than I do (you do).

So they give you the results they think you need, rather than those you really want.

Infuriating squared.

And idiots cubed.

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Re:The man who killed Google Search by fuzztester on Tuesday April 23, 2024 @09:14PM (#40139316)
>So they give you the results they think you need, rather than those you really want.

Correction: I should say, their stupid machine learning algorithms think you need.

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