submitted 3 weeks ago by PlanterTree@discuss.tchncs.de to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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If anyone tells you google search is the best engine, this article has counter-arguments.

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[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 22 points 3 weeks ago

I know there are search engines that are better than Google, but it’s becoming mathematically impossible to make a truly good search engine these days. Basically everyone is creating infinite AI generated content… and all that content is optimized for computers to read, not humans.

We need a fundamental shift in how we find information, and I’m not sure what that solution will be.

[-] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 7 points 3 weeks ago

People have suggested web rings, but most people don't care much.

Most users are kind of learned helplessness and don't really try much different.

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

Math isn't the problem, when you search "tetris attack snes" and the results are all "tetris," and then clicking "did you mean what you actually wrote?" returns "nothing on the internet resembles those three words, you freak."

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 16 points 3 weeks ago

Feb 14, 2022

[-] PlanterTree@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 weeks ago

It has not gotten any better since then?

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Start of AI generated shitsites?

[-] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'd be interested to see if reddit has "peaked" since then.

[-] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 weeks ago

The Man Who Killed Google Search - Where's Your Ed At blog, by Ed Zitron

[-] TomMasz@piefed.social 12 points 3 weeks ago

I haven't heard anyone say Google is the best in a very long time. But people keep using it because they either don't know or don't like change. Deals to make it the default in many browsers certainly help keep it going.

[-] PlanterTree@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 weeks ago

I can suggest marginalia search as an alternative, it is sponsored by NLNET and based in europe. https://nlnet.nl/news/2023/20231016-marginalia.html

[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Article is from 2022-02 and the last I heard is that Google search is up.

[-] non_burglar@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

Google search has been shit for several years, this isn't a shock.

[-] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Can't there be an alternative like a user-curated search engine? Users could label their favorite sites with the proper keywords and then the community could up/downvote the results for quality control.

[-] heftig@beehaw.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

Would be just as vulnerable to automated SEO unless there's a significant barrier to being able to label and vote, such as invitation-only groups.

And don't we have this already, almost? Filter Mastodon hashtags for links or add UI for hashtags to Lemmy. Or use full text search.

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