Search Engines

[Tall Timbers]

When search engines for the internet first appeared they weren't all that good, but overtime they became excellent. 20 years ago I could find exactly what I was looking for and it would show up on the first page of the search results, near the top. Fast forward to the last several years and it seems that search engines are degrading, often to the point where you can't find what you're looking for. Part of it is "product" placement where sites pay for exposure and they end up filling the top of the search results page... and often have nothing to do with the search parameters you entered. I suspect, though I can't be sure, that another reason for the poor results is certain information being left out of search results purposefully while feeding you results that this leftist world wants you to see. That seems to happen when searching for current events. Anyway, more and more frequently I'm not finding what I'm looking for... and I think this trend will continue.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

Part of it is early on the search engines started out with librarians cataloging, organizing, establishing search word indexes, etc.
Later, the search engines decided they could save money by hiring library techs and most recently, data entry people, who have no training or experience in organizing information and providing well-planned access to it.

Part of it may be censorship, or at least discouraging use by burying it so far down the search results that no one ever finds it.

 

[1LoverofGod]

When search engines for the internet first appeared they weren't all that good, but overtime they became excellent. 20 years ago I could find exactly what I was looking for and it would show up on the first page of the search results, near the top. Fast forward to the last several years and it seems that search engines are degrading, often to the point where you can't find what you're looking for. Part of it is "product" placement where sites pay for exposure and they end up filling the top of the search results page... and often have nothing to do with the search parameters you entered. I suspect, though I can't be sure, that another reason for the poor results is certain information being left out of search results purposefully while feeding you results that this leftist world wants you to see. That seems to happen when searching for current events. Anyway, more and more frequently I'm not finding what I'm looking for... and I think this trend will continue.

Google reportedly manipulates search results to hide controversial subjects and favor big business


Ben Gilbert

Nov 15, 2019, 8:25 AM PST

Google's ubiquitous search engine, Google Search, is the backbone of the tech giant's business.

In many ways, Google Search is the backbone of the modern internet — the way much of the web is sorted and organized and located. Given how crucial it is to daily internet use for billions of people around the world, it's a particularly ripe target for manipulation.

Google denies doing as much, and insists that Google Search is built on algorithms and data gleaned from use.

But a new Wall Street Journal investigation found that Google manipulated search algorithms in some worrying ways, including prioritizing large businesses over smaller ones, removing autocomplete results that involve sensitive topics like immigration and abortion, and even outright blacklisting some websites.

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Google reportedly manipulates search results to hide controversial subjects and favor big business

 

[1LoverofGod]

I use Duck Duck Go search engine because it's a private search engine and it blocks Google and other's from tracking you and it's worked better than using Google that is very leftist and does hide searches it doesn't agree with.

 

[Work4Peanuts]

If you like privacy and blocking Google's tracking, you should check out Brave. I like it better than DuckDuckGo. They have a web browser as well as a search engine and are excellent. They optimize results based on your queries.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

I like Tor with the Duck. Sometimes Tor's the only way onto many Christian sites due to ISP censoring
But I won't use Tor for banking and some other things.

 

[Work4Peanuts]

I like Tor with the Duck. Sometimes Tor's the only way onto many Christian sites due to ISP censoring
But I won't use Tor for banking and some other things.

Brave also has a VPN, but I use protonmail's free VPN. That seems to get around most of the censors here. TOR is just too risky for my taste.

 

[Tall Timbers]

Brave also has a VPN, but I use protonmail's free VPN. That seems to get around most of the censors here. TOR is just too risky for my taste.

I've been using Tunnelbear which has been okay. It tends to behave a little differently on every device though.