Google search is becoming trash; here's why

[Ace-Garageguy]

This is a quote from the comments on the video below. My sentiments exactly. Anyone who tries to find technical info now will have experienced something similar.

I've felt that ever since somewhere between 2015 and 2018, Google search has become completely unusable. It is not only the fault of ai generated content and a wild growth of unsearchable platforms like Facebook and Twitter however. As the years progressed I've felt more and more that Google actively ignores part of my search words. When I search something that's three words or longer, I now only get generic results for one of the words I filled in. Some of the words are actively missing. Or I get a lot of store results where to buy something vaguely related to my search query. When searching something very specific, it's just not possible with Google anymore

 

 

[stavanzer]

Yep, Bill you are correct.

Duck,Duck Go, is almost as bad.

[Ace-Garageguy]

1 hour ago, stavanzer said:

Duck,Duck Go, is almost as bad.

Worse, in my opinion. Much worse for what I primarily use searches for. 

Example for all of them: I defy anyone to find a definition of "spittier port" on any of the usual search engines (yes, I spelled it right: S P I T T I E R).

You can find listings selling fittings and adaptors, listings that ignore the spelling and try to stuff unrelated results down your throat, etc., but not one single articulate reference as to exactly what it is and why it's named as such.

You can find results that allow you to infer what it is and follow the rabbit hole if you have sufficient technical knowledge to do so...but no specific definition or why it's called "spittier".

EDIT: Just to be very clear, I know what it is and what it does. What I want to know is WHY it's called "spittier".

 

Edited February 2, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy

[Miatatom]

1 hour ago, stavanzer said:

Yep, Bill you are correct.

Duck,Duck Go, is almost as bad.

I've been using the duck for a while and noticed the same thing. Anyone using anything they'd recommend?

[peteski]

Duck Duck Go leverages other search engines to get its results.

Have you tried enclosing your search term in double quotes for exact matches only?

[Miatatom]

1 hour ago, peteski said:

Have you tried enclosing your search term in double quotes for exact matches only?

Yeah, if I'm really tired of scrolling, I'll do that.

[Brian Austin]

My guess would be that Spittier was a person who was involved with the development of the fitting. 

Google has infuriated me for years, for various reasons.

[BeakDoc]

So, Bill, I took you up on that challenge, my friend. I’m sure you’ll get a chuckle from learning that a link to this very topic was ninth in the search “results” roll call. ?

[Ace-Garageguy]

2 hours ago, Brian Austin said:

My guess would be that Spittier was a person who was involved with the development of the fitting. 

Entirely reasonable (and my surmise as well), considering things like the Peltier effect, the Crookes radiometer, the Petri dish, and the Kelvin temperature scale...all interesting but somewhat obscure and not often encountered by normal people in their daily lives...are all easily found by even the worst search engines.

But the "spittier port" (not capitalized) is a part of hundreds of thousands of hydraulically boosted braking systems on trucks and other vehicles. One would think something so ubiquitous would also be easy to find a definition and a history for.

(I'm pretty sure it's in the SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) historical archives somewhere, but I've not searched there yet.)  

Edited February 3, 2023 by Ace-Garageguy

[peteski]

Is "spittier port" an official name name of the device?  Could it be a colloquial name?