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minus-squareMelodiousFunk@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·2 months agoI used to be good at googling information I needed. Then Google changed what googling does.
minus-squareSoggy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoWhen I was in grade school we had multiple lessons on using Boolean search terms to find useful information. Google-fu used to mean something.
minus-squareMelodiousFunk@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoWhen I was in grade school we loaded up Logo and wrote scripts to make the turtle do abstract art. is old >_>
minus-squareRouthinator@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoDon’t use Google. DDG works with keyword searches and you get exactly what you expect.
minus-squareMelodiousFunk@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·2 months agoI do use DDG as my default. I was using “googling” for the sake of making a witty remark. Even so, the results are usually comparable - the first couple dozen results are mostly AI/SEO slop.
minus-squareRouthinator@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoOh, go to your DDG options and turn the AI slop off.
minus-squareEldritchFemininity@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoAlso add “-AI” without the quotes to the end of your search. Booleans still work with DDG at least, I don’t know if they do on Google anymore.
I used to be good at googling information I needed. Then Google changed what googling does.
When I was in grade school we had multiple lessons on using Boolean search terms to find useful information. Google-fu used to mean something.
When I was in grade school we loaded up Logo and wrote scripts to make the turtle do abstract art.
is old
>_>
Don’t use Google. DDG works with keyword searches and you get exactly what you expect.
I do use DDG as my default. I was using “googling” for the sake of making a witty remark. Even so, the results are usually comparable - the first couple dozen results are mostly AI/SEO slop.
Oh, go to your DDG options and turn the AI slop off.
Also add “-AI” without the quotes to the end of your search. Booleans still work with DDG at least, I don’t know if they do on Google anymore.