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I hate how accurate this is

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[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm not joking one bit when I say my Google results were several times more accurate 10 years ago, maybe even 15. Using Google is a chore now. Sketchy SEO is a major reason I hate searching for anything on the Internet these days, but ads and fake content made it downright miserable.

[–] NotYourSocialWorker@feddit.nu 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It doesn't help that Google tries to guess what you actually wanted to search for.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

More and more often I find myself clicking on my original text because Google decided it knows better than I do what I'm looking for.

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if we need to abandon the internet as it currently exists as a whole and start over from first principles and license all the software in such a way that prevents shareholders from profiting. After religion, that's the main thing ruining global society at the moment, is shareholder profits.

[–] SlikPikker@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

What you want is called "ending capitalism"

[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Lemmy: I don't know, but I wouldn't trust any bike helmet that I can't compile myself from source. It's best to just stay home behind (real) firewalls so the Big Bike doesn't target you for your striped Linux socks.

[–] insomniac@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And the amazon result is some unknown Chinese brand with 5,000 suspicious 5 star reviews

[–] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Amazon is a gigantic garage sale/garbage pile now.

[–] sci@feddit.nl 1 points 1 year ago

always has been

[–] freebee@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Good cycling infrastructure works better than any helmet, if you're cycling with a helmet, don't forget getting involved in trying to make your area more cycle safe, too.

[–] Neyaku@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah fuck off. I'm keeping my helmet and I'll keep on judging dimwits riding without. Fucking stupid riding without.

[–] garden_boi@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, it's simple as that. 100% of dutch cyclists are fucking stupid /s

Edit: typo

[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Why can they not wear a helmet without getting involved in politics? What kind of weird take is that?

[–] CorrodedCranium@leminal.space 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

There was a good article (maybe video?) posted not too long ago about how Google search results came to suck I wish I could find.

I think it essentially came down to ad revenue and websites tailoring their content to fit Google's algorithm.

Very annoying. Even the old tip of adding the word Reddit to get results from real people is annoying these days because of how they try to push you to login.

Edit: this was the article

https://www.theverge.com/23846048/google-search-memes-images-pagerank-altavista-seo-keywords

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

try to push you to login

And to download the app.

And to consent to their usage of cookies.

And to really download the app.

[–] ErwinLottemann@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

and get notifications from the website

and download the app