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Theory, if we needed them, we'd have them, we don't really need them, so we don't have them.


Another theory (or is it "thesis"?):

To VC's, the 1990's internet was a "grab all you can before it's to late" in the same way the App Store was when it was launched. Using lots of VC money the current players have secured their position as "caretakers" of the internet, a medium that's no longer novel for Klondike like expeditions. All gold has been mined (or is already claimed).


We needed Google 2010 in 2010. We still need Google 2010 but have Google 2021 instead.


What’s wrong with Google 2021? Works pretty damn well for me ?


I like that trailing ? that indicates doubt of how well G2020gle works.

That said: Reverse phone number lookups are 99% SEO spam. The hugely helpful forum search options were axed. Searches for obscure or arcane information are routinely rewarded with barely-related marketing and bot-built keyword pages.

On any given day, I'll run into dozens of instances of how gleaning the info I want out of Google is hugely more difficult (or outright impossible) than it was a decade ago.

The only thing Google still has in it's favor is it still obeys search operands - well, usually.


I’m genuinely curious for a real world example of how it lets you down ? How do you know it’s not giving you what you need for example ? How do you quantity ?




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