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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I remember when Google used to be perfectly functional as long as you knew the right search tools. Now it thinks it knows what I'm searching for better than I do, and that almost always means pointing me towards something someone paid for lol

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Crazy to think about, but other than through searx i have not used google in about 4 years now. Like i have not loaded google.com in that amount of time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is advanced searching any better? I wouldn't know now because searx but when I used it before it helped to keep the results focused.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

It's better, but sometimes google will decide you didn't really mean to type the string inside the quotation marks. Advanced search tools used to be rock solid!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

God help you if whatever you're searching for has key words in any way related to a big news story. Even trying to restrict the date doesn't seem to help.