Oh, do I ever remember jamming pluses in front of all my search terms. So annoying.
When I switched early to Google, I would chuckle at people who said "search for +firefox +windows +download". Because I didn't have to do that anymore, I used Google. Google knew.
Now I'm back to defensive plus-prefixing. It's kind of depressing.
This is the kind of thing upon which public opinion can turn. If someone claims "I'm worried Google is getting dumber", you can understand that perspective because you've had this experience.
That kind of loss of confidence can ping-pong among influential folks, turn into a trope for news stories and then become conventional wisdom.
Search quality is not just about results, it's about the overall experience. I know Google knows that, but this is an example of how closely they need to guard against regressions.
would be an interesting hack to just add a frontend that prepended a + to each word and then submitted to google. (and it would be cute to call it +google, though that would likely get you a call from a lawyer or two)
When I switched early to Google, I would chuckle at people who said "search for +firefox +windows +download". Because I didn't have to do that anymore, I used Google. Google knew.
Now I'm back to defensive plus-prefixing. It's kind of depressing.
This is the kind of thing upon which public opinion can turn. If someone claims "I'm worried Google is getting dumber", you can understand that perspective because you've had this experience.
That kind of loss of confidence can ping-pong among influential folks, turn into a trope for news stories and then become conventional wisdom.
Search quality is not just about results, it's about the overall experience. I know Google knows that, but this is an example of how closely they need to guard against regressions.