Why would a paid link come up when searching for something vintage computery? The results are not tailored to suit the searcher, but the advertisers, regardless of the search terms. Hence: trash. And you're not going to convince me otherwise. Google is the Deathstar of the internet.
Sellam On Tue, Oct 11, 2022, 8:59 AM ben via cctalk <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2022-10-10 5:01 p.m., Sellam Abraham via cctalk wrote: > > I blame Google: it's complete trash now. > > > > Sellam > > > > On Mon, Oct 10, 2022 at 2:40 PM Grant Taylor via cctalk < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > >> On 10/10/22 10:33 AM, Liam Proven via cctalk wrote: > >>> 4 words is not "Google-fu". > >> > >> Sometimes knowing /which/ /words/ to search for is the problem. > >> > >> I've also seen Google return extremely different search results for > >> different people. > >> > >> Let's assume good intention and benign mistake. No need to even > >> passively insult someone. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Grant. . . . > >> unix || die > >> > > It is not trash. PAID sites get first pick in sorting, I suspect. > On the tablet,it picks what it thinks you want."neeps and haggis" might > get you "need a bag" rather than a scottish dinner > Using the other search engine. > Now Amazon and ebay, are trash. > Ben. > >
