#internet search

[rhube]

Google's going down...

Sharing this FASCINATING article on why Google Search is shit now, and who is responsible. Because there are identifiable people. And the man most responsible is Prabhakar Raghavan.

These paragraphs in particular feel darkly humerous as a Tumblrite:

Do you want to know what Prabhakar Raghavan’s old job was? What Prabhakar Raghavan, the new head of Google Search, the guy that has run Google Search into the ground, the guy who is currently destroying search, did before his job at Google?

He was the head of search for Yahoo from 2005 through 2012 — a tumultuous period that cemented its terminal decline, and effectively saw the company bow out of the search market altogether. His responsibilities? Research and development for Yahoo's search and ads products.

And the comments are full of people who have worked with him agreeing that he is to blame and the article is right.

There's something viscerally satisfying about that:

I hate to voice hope, because it will be destroyed, but i really feel like if Google crashes and burns, this may be a bit of a warning sign.

I have heard Tech Bros say that Google will be forever and nothing beats it when I have tried to talk about its problems. It's like they think it's always been there - too big to fail.

But search IS failing. It was in trouble in 2019, and the decisions they made in response to it have made it bad in a way everyone can see now.

I got an email today from Google saying they've updated their ToS. I'm so tired. I want to move off Gmail to Proton Mail, or... something. But even though i have moved mail providers before, it has been a long, long time. And Google encouraged me to store thousands of emails and documents there. I don't have the spoons. But maybe one day...

In the meantime: Start Page exists and gives better results than DuckDuckGo.

There are options for search. It is NOT a monopoly anymore, and I... I want to believe that everyone who jumped onboard the AI train is going to regret it hard when challengers rise up from the outside.

We used to say 'I'll do a search' before we said 'I'll Google it' and we can do again!

#google #Prabhakar Raghavan #search #internet search

[zenosanalytic]

Honestly Old Google was a genuine Utility and, while it comes with its own issues, Eminent Domaining it to hand over to some nonprofit public-entity would be infinitely preferable to letting a bunch of assholes trashify it like we are right now.

#Google #Internet Search #Utilities #Public Goods #Politics #zA Opinions #Our Staff #zA's Inveterate Politicism

[t-eyla]

there’s a ton of ‘switch to duckduckgo to avoid getting tracked’ and i support that and it’s true and it’d be better for you, but i also know that this is not a thing that brings an immediate and tangible reward so may be difficult for some people to actually do (me, i’m talking about me)

but i’m here to tell you that it’s just better

IT IS LITERALLY JUST BETTER THAN GOOGLE

i remember when google was good and you actually found shit on it, and i finally opened ddg a few days ago and was catapulted back to a time where i could open google and just FIND THINGS

also ddg has implemented a lot of the google gimmicks, like converting cm to inches for you etc without needing to open a website

there’s also an image search that works very well and has all the google image search tool settings

anyway i’ve switched now and the only thing i’m missing so far is the direct link to google maps when i search for a place, but honestly that’s a small price to pay for an otherwise excellent search experience

if you want to give it a try, use firefox and go to tools > settings > search and set ddg as your default search engine. you can still use the address bar to search, everything is the same, except you’re getting good results

#duckduckgo #google #research #internet search engines #internet search

[luminarai]

ok I need help finding an Internet thing: once, many years ago, I remember seeing this post floating around where a group of gay friends had volleyball (??) team shirts made with different fruit puns/alliterations so it was like ‘apple [noun that starts with a]’.

does anybody else remember? I’ve been Googling for ages and I’m coming up with nothing

#cecil blogs her life #internet search #gay memes

[fabianocolucci]

I've gotten to used to see a Wikipedia page as either the first or one of the first results when I search something online that, when it doesn't pop up, even though i didn't specifically type Wikipedia in the search bar, I get upset

#random thoughts #wikipedia #wiki #search #internet search #the zozz

[kbjones]

Sour Cherry Muffins Recipe

I inherited SO MANY sour cherries recently. Here's my #muffin #recipe. https://wp.me/pLP9Y-5cI #sourcherries #chocolatechunk #yummy #mildlycriticalofothers

With a Chocolate Chunk Sour Cherry Variation My father-in-law recently passed away. My mother-in-law proceeded him in 2021. With both of them now passed, my husband and his siblings are in the midst of settling the estate, cleaning out the house, and selling most of it. Among other things, I inherited a freezer full of frozen sour cherries. There were gallons and gallons of them going back to…

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#almond extract #baking #baking powder #be wary of top search results #butter #buttermilk #cherry juice #chocolate chunk #egg #electric mixer #flour #frozen cherries #inheritance #internet search #muffins #pastry #recipe #sour cherries #sour cherry #sour cherry muffins #sugar

[corneliusbella]

My recent online search to learn more about Daniel interpreting Nebuchadnezzar’s dream has opened a treasure trove of enduring teachings. The story is a testament to the power of divine wisdom, the peril of pride, and the significance of granting God the glory He is due. As we navigate our personal journeys, may we actively seek divine insight and embrace humility, all the while recognising the One who firmly holds our destinies in His hands.

#internet search

[aestheticimpression]

#internet search

[sleepy-bebby]

Reddit • YouTube

#data #top post #statistics #web browsers #chrome #google chrome #educational #Firefox #opera #mozilla #mozilla firefox #internet explorer #internet #statistical data #video #Netscape #data is beautiful #I still use Firefox and probably will forever unless it closes down #switch from your default browser to Firefox and use DuckDuckGo’s search engine #this goes for mobile users too.

[toponlinemoneytips]

What is Google?

Google is a search engine that allows users to search for information on the internet. It was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were studying at Stanford University. The company has since grown to become one of the world's largest technology companies, offering a wide range of products and services including email, online storage, productivity tools, advertising, and mobile operating systems.

Google's search engine uses complex algorithms to analyze and rank web pages, making it easier for users to find the information they are looking for. The company also collects and analyzes vast amounts of user data to improve the relevance and accuracy of its search results, as well as to target advertising to specific demographics. In addition to its core search business, Google has also invested heavily in technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and cloud computing.

#Google #Search engine #Internet search #Google search #Online search #Google products #Google services #Google apps #Google Drive #Google Docs

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

got a worm nibbling my brain. can someone help me find a piece of obscure media?

webcomic/indie comic from the 2010s. basically a sci-fi short story about a young girl (with red hair?) who was being raised by scientists as part of an experiment. she receives a haircut/has her head shaved, in preparation for her annual brain scan/testing. it is revealed that while her body is human, her "brain" is artificial, made of computer implants throughout her skull and spine. at some point her biological mother (also a scientist on the same campus?) encounters her and is repulsed, viewing her as a machine who has murdered her daughter.

it was very poignant and it bruised my heart and i can NOT find it anywhere

#i thought it was made by the creator of 'O Human Star' for some reason but apparently not? #goddammit goddammit goddammit #'i don't have to write down the title of this piece of media i encountered in my formative years bc i'll always remember it' #*cut to ten years later frantic googling* #fun fact 'a.i.' is now a completely useless search term #google in general is useless #and stuff i read 3+ years ago regularly vanishes from the internet #bookmarks are not enough! if you like indie media--download that shit! buy digital/physical copies while you can #save it to the cloud back it up and organize that shit!!! #keep a list of the stuff you read (organized by date/media type and possibly with keywords if you want it to be useful longterm) #(or a spreadsheet even if you're like me and rabidly consume short stories/comics like a pack of amnesiac piranhas on a feeding frenzy) #(that stuff PILES UP over the years ok. if you wanna make sure you'll be able to find it again a decade later--curation is key) #because art WILL touch your soul and then vanish into the void leaving naught but a 404 Error in its wake #i am an old man shaking my fist at the kids on my lawn but the kids on my lawn are me and my longterm digital planning skills circa 2012

[thetransintransgenic]

The thing I'm most uncomfortable with this going forward is, like, "the Queen of England" is such a major phrase that I don't think I'll be able to let go.

And like this isn't just me -- large parts of modern culture, songs, phrases, etc. are based on the understanding that the monarch of England is Queen. (What are the Sex Pistols gonna say, now? "His fascist... raging?") And with a relatively minor (and rather negative experience, at that) interruption in the middle, this has been the case for the past almost 200 years. This isn't something we can just CHANGE. I get that she was old and going to die, and if the monarchy was going to continue at all obviously they'd need to find some successor. But everything from that past few centuries makes "King whatever" absolutely incompatible with it.

So, like, obviously that's not an acceptable situation. Which leaves a clear solution

The Queen is Dead; Force-Fem the King

#force fem #sign my change-dot-org petition #(I don't actually have a change-dot-org petition so somebody else will have to make it.) #In Which Gadit Trashposts #I searched Twitter for ' 'force fem' king' and there was NOTHING for that yet. #I am disappointed in the internet as a platform and hope this can be rectified posthaste. #forcefem jokes cw

[prokopetz]

The funniest possible outcome of all these Google antitrust disclosures re: deceptively re-writing people's search queries in order to maximise Google's ad revenue would be if the corporations that paid for those ads decide that Google has been defrauding them the whole time. The ultimate "bite each other's dicks off" scenario.

#computers #technology #internet #search engines #google #antitrust #current events #violence mention #penis metion

[meziniart]

Don't mind me, just out here, thinking of them in this fine year of our lord 2024

#yea their heights are wrong but in my defense- #i had no internet and my phone had low battery #so i just refused to keep searching for references and worked with what i had #sighs i miss them #the hobbit #art #fanart #artists on tumblr #sketch #hobbit #thorin oakenshield #bilbo baggins #bagginshield

[marypsue]

So if you follow me (and aren't just stopping by because you saw one of my funney viralposts), you probably know that I've been writing a bunch of fanfiction for Stranger Things, which is set in rural Indiana in the early- to mid-eighties. I've been working on an AU where (among other things) Robin, a character confirmed queer in canon, gets integrated into a friend group made up of a number of main characters. And I got a comment that has been following me around in the back of my mind for a while. Amidst fairly usual talk about the show and the AU and what happens next, the commenter asked, apparently in genuine confusion, "why wouldn't Robin just come out to the rest of the group yet? They would be okay with it."

I did kind of assume, for a second or two, that this was a classic case of somebody confusing what the character knows with what the author/audience knows. But the more I think about it, the more I feel like it embodies a real generational shift in thinking that I hadn't even managed to fully comprehend until this comment threw it into sharp perspective.

Because, my knee-jerk reaction was to reply to the comment, "She hasn't come out to these people she's only sort-of known for less than a year because it's rural Indiana. In the nineteen-eighties." and let that speak for itself. Because for me and my peers, that would speak for itself. That would be an easy and obvious leap of logic. Because I grew up in a world where you assumed, until proven otherwise, that the general society and everyone around you was homophobic. That it was unsafe to be known to be queer, and to deliberately out yourself required intention and forethought and courage, because you would get negative reactions and you had to be prepared for the fallout. Not from everybody! There were always exceptions! But they were exceptions. And this wasn't something you consciously decided, it wasn't an individual choice, it wasn't an individual response to trauma, it wasn't individual. It was everybody. It was baked in, and you didn't question it because it was so inherently, demonstrably obvious. It was Just The Way The World Is. Everybody can safely be assumed to be homophobic until proven otherwise.

And what this comment really clarified for me, but I've seen in a million tiny clashing assumptions and disconnects and confusions I've run into with The Kids These Days, is that a lot of them have grown up into a world that is...the opposite. There are a lot of queer kids out there who are assuming, by default, that everybody is not homophobic, until proven otherwise. And by and large, the world is not punishing them harshly for making that assumption, the way it once would have.

The whole entire world I knew changed, somehow, very slowly and then all at once. And yes, it does make me feel like a complete space alien just arrived to Earth some days. But also, it makes me feel very hopeful. This is what we wanted for ourselves when we were young and raw and angrily shoving ourselves in everyone's faces to dare them to prove themselves the exception, and this is what I want for The Kids These Days.

(But also please, please, Kids These Days, do try to remember that it has only been this way since extremely recently, and no it is not crazy or pathetic or irrational or whatever to still want to protect yourself and be choosy about who you share important parts of yourself with.)

#also Kids These Days please if nobody's told you: you can't send cheques through email #and if somebody sends you one through email They Are A Scammer and Yes They Are Scamming You #that's not related I just am constantly tearing my hair out about how many people of ALL AGES don't know that #something something something invoking the fuck word in the hopes it will keep this poast from search #i love how the internet has created Magic Words Of Power #unfortunately most of those words perform the action of 'summon jackass idiots to comment on your post' #i am paraphrasing the comment that was left on my AU fic because I am too lazy to go looking for it right now but #it was very similar to that wording #this is just a thing that has been rattling around in my brain and it was finally smoothed out and polished enough to come out

[t00thpasteface]

mom and i have been a little stressed lately so we watched mash for like four straight hours saturday night

#and then sunday she was like ''can we watch some more mash'' and i was like let's have a little break actually #art #sketch #mash #m*a*s*h #is that tag even functional. damn you 70s tv shows why didn't you factor in 21st century internet searches into your titles #hawkeye pierce #radar o'reilly #comic