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The Verge shows how Google search is useless (www.theverge.com)
submitted 6 months ago by sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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The Verge published this spam article about the "best printers of 2024" to demonstrate how terrible Google's search results are. It now appears as the top non-sponsored post if you search "best printer" on Google.

I love a good, informative troll.

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[–] frankgrimeszz@lemmy.world 424 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (44 children)

In my recent experience, it recommends shitty blogs loaded with adverts and keywords. Most annoyingly, it always recommends Fandom’s Wiki above better alternative wiki sites. My DuckDuckGo experience has surprisingly been more useful.

That aside, my Brother laser printer is still working great. No complaints.

[–] sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz 8 points 6 months ago (2 children)

If you have any tips or tricks for DDG please do share! I'm definitely getting better overall results there, but the local ones can still be a bit rough.

[–] abhibeckert@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

What do you mean by "local"? If you mean finding somewhere to go for lunch or the opening hours of a store, I recommend using the maps app on your phone (I prefer Apple Maps over Google, because it uses Yelp and TripAdvisor for reviews which are accurate than Google reviews... if I had an Android phone I'd probably install Yelp/TripAdvisor).

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