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meloncap78 · 26 October 2020, 10:24 AM

Has anyone noticed in the past year that google search has become worthless? Pages and pages deep of only ad related results with zero organic results in sight. Absolutely useless search engine anymore. I searched “Rolex gaining time in certain positions”. First 10 pages were either completely unrelated or ads for watch companies. I don’t want to buy a service from someone I just want to $&@%#* get an answer to my question from an organic source. Sorry rant over.

huncho · 26 October 2020, 10:29 AM

?

Andad · 26 October 2020, 10:32 AM

Hi Joshua,

What planet are you on?

breitlings · 26 October 2020, 10:47 AM

P score (probability that a searchers intent matches content) is less and less weighted.

Trust algorithms are gain more and more important.

uscmatt99 · 26 October 2020, 10:53 AM

Well it’s gotta be better than Bing.

AzPaul · 26 October 2020, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by uscmatt99

Well it’s gotta be better than Bing.

Throwing darts at a 1957 phonebook would be better than Bing.

meloncap78 · 26 October 2020, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by huncho

?

My search results look nothing like that. Perhaps my phone is compromised....

Andad · 26 October 2020, 11:19 AM

FYI Joshua my google search looks exactly the same.

JWD531 · 26 October 2020, 11:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by meloncap78

Has anyone noticed in the past year that google search has become worthless? Pages and pages deep of only ad related results with zero organic results in sight. Absolutely useless search engine anymore. I searched “Rolex gaining time in certain positions”. First 10 pages were either completely unrelated or ads for watch companies. I don’t want to buy a service from someone I just want to $&@%#* get an answer to my question from an organic source. Sorry rant over.

I have been upset with that for much longer than a year. First there wasn’t enough information, then there was a lot of incorrect, not-properly-cited information, then it was optimized maybe 10 years ago or so (my experience), then it has mostly been all about advertising and data mining the last 10 years or so. I have heard that duck duck go is decent, but I haven’t tried it...

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swils8610 · 26 October 2020, 12:01 PM

Clear your history and cookies.

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Psmith · 26 October 2020, 12:12 PM

Try using Adblock Plus (free, and very simple to set up) and also clear out cookies, browser cache, etc. There are some free tools (such as CCleaner) which can make regular maintenance a bit easier.

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ludetuner · 26 October 2020, 12:16 PM

They’re actually worth over $1T.

look up an adblocker

kearez · 26 October 2020, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by ludetuner

They’re actually worth over $1T.

look up an adblocker

Get an adblocker clear your cache/cookies

pickettt · 26 October 2020, 12:37 PM

Not to those harvesting your.....everything.

donas · 26 October 2020, 12:39 PM

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Originally Posted by meloncap78

Has anyone noticed in the past year that google search has become worthless? Pages and pages deep of only ad related results with zero organic results in sight. Absolutely useless search engine anymore. I searched “Rolex gaining time in certain positions”. First 10 pages were either completely unrelated or ads for watch companies. I don’t want to buy a service from someone I just want to $&@%#* get an answer to my question from an organic source. Sorry rant over.

Something must be going on with whatever device you are searching on and not with Google itself. Out of curiosity, I tried the search and had similar results as to what is posted above; all were relevant links and no ads.

EEpro · 26 October 2020, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by meloncap78

Has anyone noticed in the past year that google search has become worthless? Pages and pages deep of only ad related results with zero organic results in sight. Absolutely useless search engine anymore. I searched “Rolex gaining time in certain positions”. First 10 pages were either completely unrelated or ads for watch companies. I don’t want to buy a service from someone I just want to $&@%#* get an answer to my question from an organic source. Sorry rant over.

Yes and there is a major antitrust battle coming.

ejell · 26 October 2020, 01:27 PM

I tried searching google for a new lighter but all it found was 226,132,459 matches.

jrs146 · 26 October 2020, 01:35 PM

Mine looks the same as those who posted alternative results

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dba · 26 October 2020, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by ejell

I tried searching google for a new lighter but all it found was 226,132,459 matches.

Now that's funny! Nicely done.

andrewjb88 · 26 October 2020, 04:02 PM

DuckDuckGo

hbg1 · 26 October 2020, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by andrewjb88

DuckDuckGo

This.
I’ve also switched to using private mode for some searches, I’ve found duck duck go can be similar to bing and return weird search results sometimes.
Duck duck go also shows how many trackers are on the page you’re visiting, creepy and eye opening.

padi56 · 26 October 2020, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by meloncap78

Has anyone noticed in the past year that google search has become worthless? Pages and pages deep of only ad related results with zero organic results in sight. Absolutely useless search engine anymore. I searched “Rolex gaining time in certain positions”. First 10 pages were either completely unrelated or ads for watch companies. I don’t want to buy a service from someone I just want to $&@%#* get an answer to my question from an organic source. Sorry rant over.

Like any search engine the information searched for is only as good as the words the person used to seek the information.

Tricolore66 · 26 October 2020, 11:45 PM

Run a Google search with and without going through a VPN for the same thing and see the difference. Search the same using Duck Duck Go and see the difference. Google searches are probably the single most manipulative tool on the planet, influencing what we buy, eat, believe, and of course vote for.

We get pummeled in the media by this Qanon nonsense, but do a Google search for actual posts or archives of posts by this person(s) and see how you’ll find virtually nothing other than news stories about it. Use other search engines and see how different the results are and you’ll find actual posts and archives. This isn’t a political position, merely an observation I came up with this weekend out of curiosity.

AzHadEnuf · 27 October 2020, 03:19 AM

Watch “Social Dilemma” on Netflix if you really want to know how useless a Google search is.

WatchEater666 · 27 October 2020, 03:21 AM

*laughs in advertiser*

SPMN · 27 October 2020, 03:56 AM

Duck Duck Go. I still do some things on Chrome/Google, but I always use Duck Duck Go for search.

jankors · 27 October 2020, 03:58 AM

I heard duckduckgo is pretty good. Maybe you can try that instead.

Burlington · 27 October 2020, 04:44 PM

It’s essentially my front page to the internet - can’t remember the last time I actually typed in a URL manually

TheVTCGuy · 27 October 2020, 04:46 PM

I don’t know about Google, but Edge sure is a PITA

Ihatecheese · 27 October 2020, 06:09 PM

Comparing to the competition it works very well. I don't have issues fiding my search resuts personally.

26 October 2020, 10:24 AM	#1
meloncap78 "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Real Name: Joshua Location: Syracuse, NY Watch: LV C Posts: 2,204	Google is worthless Has anyone noticed in the past year that google search has become worthless? Pages and pages deep of only ad related results with zero organic results in sight. Absolutely useless search engine anymore. I searched “Rolex gaining time in certain positions”. First 10 pages were either completely unrelated or ads for watch companies. I don’t want to buy a service from someone I just want to $&@%#* get an answer to my question from an organic source. Sorry rant over.

26 October 2020, 10:32 AM	#3
Andad 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Real Name: Eddie Location: Australia Watch: A few. Posts: 36,807	Hi Joshua, What planet are you on? __________________ E

26 October 2020, 11:19 AM	#8
Andad 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Real Name: Eddie Location: Australia Watch: A few. Posts: 36,807	FYI Joshua my google search looks exactly the same. __________________ E

26 October 2020, 01:35 PM	#18
jrs146 "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Real Name: Josh Location: Lost in time Watch: Me Nae Nae Posts: 9,821	Mine looks the same as those who posted alternative results Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk __________________ "Sometimes the songs that we hear are just songs of our own." -Jerome J. Garcia, Robert C. Hunter

26 October 2020, 04:02 PM	#20
andrewjb88 "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2018 Location: United Kingdom Watch: 16302 Rolex OP Posts: 750	DuckDuckGo __________________ Rolex Datejust 16203 Omega Seamaster Professional 300m Tudor BB GMT Luch one hand

26 October 2020, 10:29 AM	#2
huncho 2024 Pledge Member Join Date: Oct 2017 Location: nyc Posts: 6,333	?

26 October 2020, 10:47 AM	#4
breitlings Banned Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Bethesda Watch: Apple TV Posts: 5,744	P score (probability that a searchers intent matches content) is less and less weighted. Trust algorithms are gain more and more important.

26 October 2020, 10:53 AM	#5
uscmatt99 "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Chicago Posts: 2,031	Well it’s gotta be better than Bing.

26 October 2020, 12:01 PM	#10
swils8610 2024 ROLEX DATEJUST41 Pledge Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Real Name: shannon Location: usa Posts: 8,993	Clear your history and cookies. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

26 October 2020, 12:16 PM	#12
ludetuner "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Canada Posts: 133	They’re actually worth over $1T. look up an adblocker

26 October 2020, 12:37 PM	#14
pickettt "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2017 Location: California Watch: Shiny One Posts: 5,364	Not to those harvesting your.....everything.

26 October 2020, 01:27 PM	#17
ejell "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Denver Posts: 96	I tried searching google for a new lighter but all it found was 226,132,459 matches.

26 October 2020, 11:45 PM	#23
Tricolore66 "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2019 Location: USA Posts: 1,091	Run a Google search with and without going through a VPN for the same thing and see the difference. Search the same using Duck Duck Go and see the difference. Google searches are probably the single most manipulative tool on the planet, influencing what we buy, eat, believe, and of course vote for. We get pummeled in the media by this Qanon nonsense, but do a Google search for actual posts or archives of posts by this person(s) and see how you’ll find virtually nothing other than news stories about it. Use other search engines and see how different the results are and you’ll find actual posts and archives. This isn’t a political position, merely an observation I came up with this weekend out of curiosity.

27 October 2020, 03:19 AM	#24
AzHadEnuf "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Real Name: Ralph Location: Tucson, Arizona Watch: 6263,DJ,SUB,BB,THR Posts: 2,043	Watch “Social Dilemma” on Netflix if you really want to know how useless a Google search is. __________________ "The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once." -A. Einstein

27 October 2020, 03:21 AM	#25
WatchEater666 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Salt Lake City Posts: 1,656	laughs in advertiser

27 October 2020, 03:56 AM	#26
SPMN "TRF" Member Join Date: Apr 2017 Location: St Paul, MN Watch: Tudor, Omega Posts: 1,218	Duck Duck Go. I still do some things on Chrome/Google, but I always use Duck Duck Go for search.

27 October 2020, 03:58 AM	#27
jankors "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Hong Kong Posts: 3	I heard duckduckgo is pretty good. Maybe you can try that instead.

27 October 2020, 04:44 PM	#28
Burlington "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2017 Location: Europe Posts: 5,635	It’s essentially my front page to the internet - can’t remember the last time I actually typed in a URL manually __________________ “My tastes are simple; I am easily satisfied with the best.” ― Winston S. Churchill

27 October 2020, 04:46 PM	#29
TheVTCGuy Banned Join Date: Jul 2008 Real Name: Paul Location: San Diego Watch: 126619LB Posts: 21,540	I don’t know about Google, but Edge sure is a PITA

27 October 2020, 06:09 PM	#30
Ihatecheese Banned Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: London Posts: 978	Comparing to the competition it works very well. I don't have issues fiding my search resuts personally.

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