[evouga]

There was a magic period of time lasting about a decade when internet search Just Worked. If it was on the public web Google would find it. Search worked so well I took it for granted.

Today I avoid Google search at all costs, and use it mainly to find Wikipedia pages or to search Reddit.

The Googlers blame SEO and there is some truth to that; but Google has on retainer a huge stable of the world’s best-paid engineers, and still couldn’t be bothered to invest in their flagship service.

[lampiaio]

I just checked my search history, and about 80% of my Google queries contain "site:reddit.com". It's becoming harder and harder to find real content.

[MichaelZuo]

I agree, Google up until ~2013 felt magical and nowadays even news.ycombinator.com, a site frequented by many search engineers, isn't fully indexed anymore, not even 80% indexed for some obscure search terms.

[nvarsj]

The flagship service is ads not search.

[MarcellusDrum]

Well good luck showing people ads when people start using ChatGPT for all their internet searches.

[Pooge]

Which search engine do you use?