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Re: by rjrdi38dbbdb on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @08:16PM (#42200012)
One area where Google search is terribly broken is porn.

If your search for some specific term "$foo", nearly every result is just 'search site $bar for "$foo"', taking you to the site's search page, regardless of whether $foo is actually found on the site.

Re: by scarface_74 on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @08:50PM (#42200241)
On the other hand, when I use to search for anything near the city I lived in, porn showed up way too frequently

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumming,_Georgia

Re: by rjrdi38dbbdb on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @09:39PM (#42200536)
Are locals particularly attached to that name?

Seems like a referendum for a name change would be a good idea, considering the current typical usage of that term.

Re: by G1N on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @11:23PM (#42201092)
Had an old roommate who moved here after getting married to be closer to family. Weirdly, the name never at any point came up so I think everyone is just kind of resigned to the fact that they live in a place called Cumming
Re: by buryat on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @08:54PM (#42200262)
how many people do you think search for $foo and the opposite?
Re: by rjrdi38dbbdb on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @09:35PM (#42200513)
What do you mean by the opposite?

The search behavior is the same whether $foo is a popular generic term or something niche.

Re: by kmoser on Wednesday November 20, 2024 @11:39PM (#42201183)
What does that have to do with porn?
Re: by rjrdi38dbbdb on Thursday November 21, 2024 @12:45PM (#42206720)
I've never noticed that behavior from Google when searching for any other topic. Have you?
Re: by Suppafly on Thursday November 21, 2024 @12:40AM (#42201468)
I swear the only reason people started using bing is because the search there actually worked well for porn.