Ask HN: Is Google Dead? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Is Google Dead?

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Post by nolist_policy » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 7:46 AM UTC

A Google query returns in <<500ms (for me anyways). Try that with your shiny LLM's.

Re: Ask HN: Is Google Dead?

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Post by blitzar » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 7:46 AM UTC

returnInfinity wrote: post #15

I think good content is now in video, tiktoks, shorts & reels. Google is unable to show this in the rankings.

> good content is now in tiktoks, shorts & reels

lol

Re: Ask HN: Is Google Dead?

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Post by barnabee » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 7:47 AM UTC

INTPenis wrote: post #12

I don't get it. People around me have been saying Google is shit for years now but I can't see it. I still reach for google for any minor query, and it's super responsive and it's super helpful. Yes of course I am aware that for certain queries you get a lot of results that have manipulated their way to the top. I just think I have a very good natural bullshit-filter.

I don’t like the company and stopped using Google search over 5 years ago. I don’t miss it or even notice its absence.

I have to remind myself Google is a massive part of many people’s experience of the internet.

Re: Ask HN: Is Google Dead?

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Post by modeless » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 7:47 AM UTC

niek_pas wrote: post #20

modeless wrote: post #18

Has anyone else noticed that Google doesn't index source code from GitHub anymore? I could have sworn that you used to be able to search for source code that is on GitHub (e.g. error message strings), but today the index doesn't seem to include the source code at all. The pages with the source code are in the index but you can only find them by file name. Big loss for Google if so. I also mourn the Google cache. I be…

Not an answer to your question, but Github code search is great: https://github.com/features/code-search

Yeah I'm really glad GitHub finally has functioning code search (how many years did it take?), but I don't like being forced to use it for simple stuff. It's slow and doesn't include source code or documentation that's not on GitHub. I don't always know in advance whether the answer to my query lives in GitHub or not...

Re: Ask HN: Is Google Dead?

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Post by nolist_policy » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 7:47 AM UTC

reify wrote: post #11

https://google.com -site: reddit.com -site: amazon.com -site: ebay.com -site:etsy.com -site: facebook.com -site:*google.com

Or just use uBlacklist to block certain sites in search results: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ublacklist/pncfbmia...

Re: Ask HN: Is Google Dead?

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Post by keiferski » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 7:47 AM UTC

Reddit’s search is notoriously bad, so at least for now, there is still some value in searching Reddit via Google.

It lends some credence to the idea that no matter how bad a service decays, it doesn’t matter if there is no better alternative. It can get worse and worse forever if competition doesn’t exist.

Re: Ask HN: Is Google Dead?

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Post by DonHopkins » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 7:49 AM UTC

fermigier wrote: post #16

barrenko wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean, when you look at the forums... Even forums for say, Pytorch are that Discuss hideosity.

"Discuss" or "Discourse" ?

"Disgust"

Re: Ask HN: Is Google Dead?

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Post by barnabee » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 7:49 AM UTC

nolist_policy wrote: post #21

A Google query returns in <<500ms (for me anyways). Try that with your shiny LLM's.

Anywhere near 500ms should be embarrassing

Re: Ask HN: Is Google Dead?

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Post by cies » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 7:50 AM UTC

If you are browsing with an ad-blocker you are not their target audience. Then Google may seem dead to you, but more accurately you are dead to Google.

Re: Ask HN: Is Google Dead?

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Post by kolinko » Wed, Jun 05, 2024, 7:51 AM UTC

nolist_policy wrote: post #21

A Google query returns in <<500ms (for me anyways). Try that with your shiny LLM's.

But it then takes you 10-20 min to find the information on the returned pages - unless you are looking for something very specific.