It is clear that the signal to noise ratio of the WWW is getting worse. It’s much harder to find good content when using a good old search engine. And if it’s good it is usually hosted on Reddit or Stackexchange.

So remember, even if it’s easy too Google something (well, it isn’t nowadays), we want to create a fediverse of good content that helps people (I hope). So, it’s always better to write a real answer if you have the time and energy. Please help boost the SNR and reverse the AI fueled information degradation loop.

  • brygphilomena@lemmy.worldEnglish
    442·
    15 days ago

    I’m starting to give up on Google. I’ve literally copy and pasted the same error message in Google, DuckDuckGo, and Kagl.

    Google will respond with “no results found” while the others will actually give me a response.

    • 2001aCentenaryofFederation@fedia.io
      19·
      15 days ago

      okay so it’s not just me then! I’ve been seeing that zero matches page more and more. It used to be the other way around, if I couldnt find something on DDG or startpage it would be on google. how did they fuck up their indexing so badly

      • Rogue@feddit.ukEnglish
        232·
        15 days ago

        I think zero matches means “we weren’t able to find any suitable ads so we don’t give a fuck about you”

        • IninewCrow@lemmy.caEnglish
          4·
          14 days ago

          Still … they should at least get more creative and give you links like “Error 404 Root Beer” … or “Error 404 hot women in your area”

    • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
      13·
      14 days ago

      Yeah, I ditched Google as my default search engine a while ago. It’s next to useless and they’re a horrible company.

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      15 days ago

      Google knows me too well.

      My kids now get Infoblox commercials in the middle of their Minecraft YouTube videos.

    • Laser@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      14 days ago

      How do the results from ddg match the query? It doesn’t look particularly helpful to me, and if not, why would I prefer to wade through a number of results that are ultimately unhelpful?

      If there are no matches, I want to be told.

      • brygphilomena@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        14 days ago

        The issue I was having was getting a hyper-v host to connect to an iscsi array on a nimble. That first result was pretty much exactly what I needed. It didn’t highlight it in the preview, but it was on the page once I opened it.

        • Laser@feddit.orgEnglish
          3·
          14 days ago

          Ah, so that’s definitely good. It wasn’t clear from the screenshots, at least not for me

      • MaxHardwood@lemmy.caEnglish
        1·
        14 days ago

        Even if the results aren’t exactly what I’m looking for, getting something even tangentially related can be helpful in finding the ultimate solution.

          • MaxHardwood@lemmy.caEnglish
            1·
            14 days ago

            I’d say so. It’s a starting point for looking into LUN mounting issues with an incorrect host type. These results are better than nothing.