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Google search is over (mastodon.social)
submitted 2 years ago* by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Via @rodhilton@mastodon.social

Right now if you search for "country in Africa that starts with the letter K":

  • DuckDuckGo will link to an alphabetical list of countries in Africa which includes Kenya.

  • Google, as the first hit, links to a ChatGPT transcript where it claims that there are none, and summarizes to say the same.

This is because ChatGPT at some point ingested this popular joke:

"There are no countries in Africa that start with K." "What about Kenya?" "Kenya suck deez nuts?"

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[+] -11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It is a fact that Google results have been getting worse over time.

Care to back up that unfounded claim?

Other search engines don't seem to have a problem answering the question

Two for one! Mind giving me some supporting evidence? Nothing anecdotal, mind you. Show me that "other search engines" answer questions better than google, statistically.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I can back up that claim by pointing to the popularity of other search engines. People are now even paying to search because Google has become a nightmare due to SEO.

    As to your other question: did you even read the other comments on this thread before you jumped to Google's defense?

    I used to totally be a Google fanboy, like you still are, but they're failing us, dude, and somewhere deep down, I think you realize that.

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