This is so true.
this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2023
2213 points (98.4% liked)
Memes
45728 readers
658 users here now
Rules:
- Be civil and nice.
- Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.
founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS
What's a better alternative that you guys use (if there is one)?
Just asking because I've gotten a lot of great tech recommendations here on Lemmy :)
Kagi. I thought it was a ripoff to pay for search but I tried the trial and started paying before the trial was even up, that’s how much better it is.
I use Ecosia, even though it has ads, but it uses 80% of its profits to support tree-planting projects.
load more comments
(4 replies)
Word. It's ridiculous how hard it is to get good hits these days. And while GPT makes shit up sometimes it's at least related to what I'm actually asking about. Google desperately wants to show the SEO optimized pages about something tangentially related instead of the page which actually has relevant information.
Getting a solid old forum hit for an obscure DNS issue takes a lot more work these days.
It's Googles fault, but it's not the algorithm getting worse, everyone is just too good at gaming it which fucks it up for everyone (the humanity special).