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Google search failed to even find a hollywood movie, even after 1 hour of attempts. I don't really care about the movie, but I am terrified by the prospect that google now ceased to function on this basic level. Why is this happening?

I understand the explanations of seo and other stuff like spam content. But why are there NO relevant results at all.

I wouldn't mind having to start wading through results at page 2 or even 10 but now it utterly fails to find even the most basic things.

Things you found on the first attempt even just a year ago. Now they are effectively hidden.

To me functionally the entire internet has now vanished. I cannot access anything that I am searching for. Might as well not exist at all.

Has anybody found a way around this?

Is this on purpose? Is this an attack on the free internet, herding people to just the top 5 sites like facebook, youtube, tiktok, and so forth?

Are there search engines that still work?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I've found it still works for oddly specific requests, if you make your search string more granular. Generic searches are garbage now, especially images.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I dunno if its the stuff I'm searching for or what but I'm just not running into this issue.

FWIW my last few searches were- "Malta", "war is a racket", and "russias egg crisis". None in quotes. The only one I had to poke around a bit for was the last and that was to change to the news tab. Maybe I just usually search for hard stuff to monetize? I dunno

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I struggled finding reviews of Asgard's Wrath 1 on the Quest 2 headset. Google just assumes I want the newest game.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Struggled? I just searched "Asgards Wrath 1 review" and that's all it is, I had to scroll all the way down to see the "people also searched for" to even see Asgards Wrath 2

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

I have also noticed it seems harder to find stuff on Google now. My pet theory is that it is the building in of AI to search (Bing Chat anyone?) that is affecting Google search results. Lately, I have been going to Bard & ChatGPT to do searches but treat it more as a jumping off point to help point the direction of where or how to search.

Not perfect, but just a method I've been playing with for the past month off & on.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Eh, for some things, it will work, and I'm amazed you couldn't find info on a recent movie. But it really has gone to shit. You'll end up with copy/pasted bot articles a few pages deep on most searches, unless it's something on those huge sites you mentioned.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Share your search history. It's impossible to know what advice to give you without knowing what you tried.

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