and a big reason the web sucks is how google has made it this way.
recipe sites are terrible because the ones you find have been doing the google thing of increasing engagement, lots of info - blah blah.
No penalty for tons of ads from an ad company.
Google destroyed blog rolls, web rings, and so many other things that were user positive.
In some cases the google of years past was prodded to change (much of the censorship the hides so many results that were once popular back in the day are result of legal pushing or other outrage campaigns)
- however much of what they consider good to be in the top 10 is good for selling ads.
Google is the new yellow pages and that's all it will be so far as search goes imho - people will find what they want searching within portals and other apps more than using google for everything
- 'google it' - is no longer 'finding [obscure thing here'] - google it just means find what is curated... more and more it's 'go to reddit, amazon, tik, yout.. etc - google is known for being 'ad heavy' and prude.
Currently still good for finding accurate hours someplace is open, if you know the exact name and location of said place,
but if you are looking for a tow truck, locksmith, appliance repair, plumber, etc - and depend on google to find one - just like in the yellow pages - the first ones you find are over priced, and the deeper, smaller results may not be in business any longer -
cant wait for the less censored, more 'find the exact bit', less scroll through ads, 'definition of [thing you were looking for]' - ads, 'history of [thing you were looking for]' ads - 'part 1 of [thing you were looking for]' - ads, here's the 3 seconds of info you needed - ads
give me a different bot for each search, and less google and ads any day.
if brave browser or DDG can give me the answer without the 'history or, why you might want to bake a salmon, and 3 ads before I see it (in the search results), and 3 days before I get to the tiny info.. I could like that.
I've even enjoy a link to the info (that skips down the page to the info, auto-blocks any auto play video or audio or moving gifs/ html5 moving ads / banners) - then I'd actually enjoy searching, reading, and even clicking to verify context again.
Oh the web before google censored it into it's own desired ad filled prude image. It was a web and not a silo.
recipe sites are terrible because the ones you find have been doing the google thing of increasing engagement, lots of info - blah blah.
No penalty for tons of ads from an ad company.
Google destroyed blog rolls, web rings, and so many other things that were user positive.
In some cases the google of years past was prodded to change (much of the censorship the hides so many results that were once popular back in the day are result of legal pushing or other outrage campaigns)
- however much of what they consider good to be in the top 10 is good for selling ads.
Google is the new yellow pages and that's all it will be so far as search goes imho - people will find what they want searching within portals and other apps more than using google for everything
- 'google it' - is no longer 'finding [obscure thing here'] - google it just means find what is curated... more and more it's 'go to reddit, amazon, tik, yout.. etc - google is known for being 'ad heavy' and prude.
Currently still good for finding accurate hours someplace is open, if you know the exact name and location of said place,
but if you are looking for a tow truck, locksmith, appliance repair, plumber, etc - and depend on google to find one - just like in the yellow pages - the first ones you find are over priced, and the deeper, smaller results may not be in business any longer -
cant wait for the less censored, more 'find the exact bit', less scroll through ads, 'definition of [thing you were looking for]' - ads, 'history of [thing you were looking for]' ads - 'part 1 of [thing you were looking for]' - ads, here's the 3 seconds of info you needed - ads
give me a different bot for each search, and less google and ads any day.
if brave browser or DDG can give me the answer without the 'history or, why you might want to bake a salmon, and 3 ads before I see it (in the search results), and 3 days before I get to the tiny info.. I could like that.
I've even enjoy a link to the info (that skips down the page to the info, auto-blocks any auto play video or audio or moving gifs/ html5 moving ads / banners) - then I'd actually enjoy searching, reading, and even clicking to verify context again.
Oh the web before google censored it into it's own desired ad filled prude image. It was a web and not a silo.