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When Did Google Search Become Totally Useless?
The Federalist ^ | 10/22/2024 | Rich Cromwell

Posted on 10/22/2024 8:35:51 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

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To: caver

I just use Brave search.


41 posted on 10/22/2024 11:18:59 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: Chickensoup; Seruzawa

clicking into images, give you this page layout. then click into the first image, and on the right gives a direct link to the media behind the pic. simply click the right arrow to get your fill of the next 1000s of pics with pertaining info links on the right...

https://yandex.com/images/search?from=tabbar&text=Triumph%20motorcycle%20parts


42 posted on 10/22/2024 11:19:09 AM PDT by sit-rep
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To: Chickensoup

the thing I like best is the links for every pic. select images off their main search, and the click into the first pic. there you’ll get a right side bar with a link to the pic source and the info. hit the next arrow on the left or right side of the pics for countless others. google will give you 10 or 20 and then start showing signs of ADD...

https://yandex.com/images/search?from=tabbar&img_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.recreoviral.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2015%2F11%2FLas-mejores-ciudades-del-mundo-16.jpg&lr=21074&p=2&pos=6&rpt=simage&text=mt%20rushmore


43 posted on 10/22/2024 11:29:45 AM PDT by sit-rep
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To: Chickensoup

sorry for the double post!! thought I was sending to 2 different people!


44 posted on 10/22/2024 11:36:12 AM PDT by sit-rep
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To: heartwood

Exactly.


45 posted on 10/22/2024 11:42:50 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Cold Heart

Even though I’ve been slow to warm to Musk, that would please me.


46 posted on 10/22/2024 11:43:14 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Exactly my point (and good list):

“Opportunity”


47 posted on 10/22/2024 11:44:04 AM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: SeekAndFind

When it was co-opted by the FBI and CIA?


48 posted on 10/22/2024 11:57:15 AM PDT by oil_dude
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To: sit-rep

Yes I saw that. Nice search engine


49 posted on 10/22/2024 12:12:21 PM PDT by Chickensoup
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To: SeekAndFind

I use Brave search on my computer/iPhone and Duckduckgo on my Kindle. I have been having problems with the Kindle version, so I decided to reinstall The DDG app. Guess what? The DDG app has been removed from the Amazon app store. Brave has never been available for Kindle. The first search engine listed on the app store? Google. BTW, I refuse to use Amazon’s Silk.


50 posted on 10/22/2024 12:19:08 PM PDT by Right Brother
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To: SeekAndFind

Bing is just as bad.


51 posted on 10/22/2024 12:36:43 PM PDT by roving (Deplorable Erectionists Listless Vessel )
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To: SeekAndFind

Damn. Suffice it to say Google sucks and we know it.


52 posted on 10/22/2024 1:37:31 PM PDT by Delta 21 (If anyone is treasonous, it is those who call me such.)
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To: SeekAndFind
The internet is another arm of Big Media
53 posted on 10/22/2024 1:47:57 PM PDT by yelostar (TRUMP/VANCE 2024)
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To: SeekAndFind


G**gle is the largest and most pervasive censor and manipulator of information that has ever existed ...




... at least on this planet.


G**gle exists entirely to modify what you think by controlling what you see and read. If you use any G**gle product (without first making some technically astute modifications), you're as much as begging for a proctological exam every time you fire up a PC or handheld digital device.

54 posted on 10/23/2024 1:00:23 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: SeekAndFind

I have been using Bing for 5 years. It is not politicized as far as I can tell.
Though these days I mostly use Perplexity AI internet search. https://www.perplexity.ai/
It is 10x more thorough than Google and Bing


55 posted on 10/23/2024 1:15:42 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: dennisw

I use Brave most of the time, but have to admit that a LOT of the time I resort to Google to get good results. Of course, if politics is involved Google isn’t the way to go. But for crafts, music, etc., Google is better.


56 posted on 10/23/2024 1:21:02 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (I'm voting for the felon with the pierced ear. )
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To: zeestephen

No googol for me. Been using Bing for 5 years....
Though these days I mostly use Perplexity AI internet search. https://www.perplexity.ai/
It is 10x more thorough than Google and Bing


57 posted on 10/23/2024 1:22:13 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: SeekAndFind
Meanwhile, NYS, CA, and IL are bribing presstitutes with taxpayer dollars...

Empire State Local News Coalition Celebrates Inclusion of $90 Million Local Media Tax Credit in Final FY 2025 New York State Budget

Closed-Door Deal Between Google, Gov. Newsom and State Lawmakers Sells Californians and Local News Short

Illinois Passes $25 Million in Tax Credits To Boost Local Journalism

See the second story.

Google is far from useless.

58 posted on 10/30/2024 8:45:42 AM PDT by mewzilla (Never give up; never surrender!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Ok, a really good topic I know a tiny bit about. I have a business acquittance who is a Diamond Google Product Expert. She helps me with my Google business listing and the SEO for my business website. I manage and make changes based on her advice and guidance, “most of the time.”

Google has changed the algorithm quite a bit over the last few years. My Google-gal lets us know when things are changing, how they change and how to tweak things to continue to rank in the 5-pack. So if you look for “XYZ near me” you come up in the top 5 without having to pay for advertising. But in order to do that you have to use Search Engine Optimization really well. Otherwise that great restaurant you have...it will never be seen on Google. If you don’t land on the first page of search or top 5 on Google Maps...blame your internet marketing person.

So, let’s say I need a bit of research from an actual legit source like I did in 2020 for my book. I naturally know some of the websites I trust for my area of expertise. Easy-peasy research for me. BUT...my little editor had a terrible time trying to research even with the links provided. Google simply wasn’t letting the editor search for the verified content. Why? We determined it had to with all the old searches in his computer cache and previous search history.


59 posted on 10/30/2024 9:10:48 AM PDT by EBH (America Blackmailed, The True Story of the World War...Coming Soon (1/21-))
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