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Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by nicksergeant »

masklinn wrote: post #30
udp wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let's not forget DuckDuckGo. I finally switched around when Google Instant came out, and never feel I'm missing anything.

I feel like I'm missing relevant and useful results a thousand times a day. More and more, DDG is just a !gateway to google.

I feel the same way. I keep trying to switch back to DDG and then run into results that just don't have what I want (and Google does).

I'm going to switch again and start sending DDG results that aren't helpful.

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by tomkinstinch »

guelo wrote: post #23

Another thing that has been annoying me lately is that it seems like like I have to add a + in front of every word or Google might decide without any indication that it will completely ignore it.

String literals seem to be ignored now too. ("quoted terms")

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by dolbz »

guelo wrote: post #23

Another thing that has been annoying me lately is that it seems like like I have to add a + in front of every word or Google might decide without any indication that it will completely ignore it.

This is especially annoying as in days gone by if you added + to the query they'd show a message explaining that you don't need to use + as Google only returns results containing all the terms in your query. I wonder when they stopped doing this?

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by apakian »

"For the longest time google made good on their promise to keep their search page simple and easy to use. Now, bit by bit the search page is getting more filled up with cruft that you don't need and stuff that you do need gets removed."

I completely agree with this...

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by chalst »

cooperadymas wrote: post #20
ars wrote: post #4

This does not bode well for the employees at google. You get extra features like this (instant preview) when you have too much manpower - you look for things for your employees to do. But if your customers don't want it, and you can't find anything else for them to do then you start reducing the workforce.

When Google released Instant Preview they claimed it increases click through rates to a website. This makes me think a good number of customers do want it. Edit: here is the announcement: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/beyond-instant-result... "In our testing, we’ve found that people who use Instant Previews are about 5% more likely to be satisfied with the results they click. "

people who use Instant Previews are about 5% more likely to be satisfied with the results they click.

This sounds too little to justify a UI change that increases complexity.

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

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Post by meow »

I haven't noticed this till now and now I'm shocked. I hated the preview so much that I had to use a custom stylish addon script for firefox to block the annoying thing. Now that the cache is moved to preview, I'm stuck between getting annoyed with preview again or losing the cache links :(. I just don't understand what they were trying to solve with all these changes...

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

#48

Post by epi0Bauqu »

nicksergeant wrote: post #41
masklinn wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel like I'm missing relevant and useful results a thousand times a day. More and more, DDG is just a !gateway to google.

I feel the same way. I keep trying to switch back to DDG and then run into results that just don't have what I want (and Google does). I'm going to switch again and start sending DDG results that aren't helpful.

Thank you!

Re: Hey Google, I want my cache links back

#49

Post by zobzu »

i too dislike the previews. there's a few things that i find useful tho:

- timeline

- image search

- cache (when it was there and working. lately, it didnt work aka it tries to fetch from the server and if its down, which is what i often use cache for, then it fails)

hum, well thats it.

special search commands used to be cool but they don't work so well now (i mean the filetype stuff and all). and the rest are just bloated reactions to "bing fear" or something

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