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I don't understand the issue with this. "Oh no, Google is giving me what I just asked for, what will the people running websites that do this exact thing ever do? I really wish I had to click extra times and load other websites to get this info instead of it just being presented to me when I ask."
> Right now, example queries that no longer return real results include (but may not be limited to): [...] > [...] km to miles [...] > while these searches don’t trigger third party organic results, they DO trigger ads: Whaaaat? I just tried "km to miles". While the built-in km to miles converter gadget does appear at the top, there are actual search results below that. Pages and pages of non-ad results. The first bu…
This seems to be about a change where, if you search for "time toronto", it'll show you the time in Toronto in a mostly blank page and a button labeled "Show all results". Very clicky-batey title.
Google confuses terms. Whenever searching for something rare, it just "autocorrects" the search term to something common. It often modifies product model numbers and gives results you didn't ask for.
It helpfully drops search terms the user explicitly provides it. It doesn't even help to put + in front of the words, like some years ago.
There's advanced search, but the results are only marginally better and it's horrible to use.
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On the other hand: 1) this kind of query is not a big driver of Adwords revenue 2) the direct answer is cheaper to compute than a search of the web index 3) this result page is much smaller to generate, serve, load and render
4) they are still showing ads on the page.
2. Google returns results with "one" and "three" crossed out, as if you didn't mean to put them in the search.
3. Go to bing I guess?
When I can't find something useful through a search engine, I look for the most active subreddit in the topic area and check their wiki. They are often full of well-organized, curated content and FAQs built from years of newbie questions.
Example: r/fitness
1. Search for "one two three". 2. Google returns results with "one" and "three" crossed out, as if you didn't mean to put them in the search. 3. Go to bing I guess?
I don't understand the issue with this. "Oh no, Google is giving me what I just asked for, what will the people running websites that do this exact thing ever do? I really wish I had to click extra times and load other websites to get this info instead of it just being presented to me when I ask."
It's a big deal if you run "webmarketingschool.com" and make an entire business out of trying to get people from Google to your client's sleazy, useless web pages. For the rest of us, it's great.
Do some research before trying to put people down, it’s unbecoming.