I like to force google to give me better results by using double quotes. But now google is getting irksome. Fucking google.
Today’s annoyance started after I used google image search to google some (obscure) artists. All I want is photos of their artwork. And as always - I really hate unrelated crap in my results.
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I used to use intitle: but google started to make with aggravated with puzzle captchas. Starting a few years ago - I only use intitle: in very rare cases.
Enshittification in action.
Google, 2001: “We’ll add these operators and search conditions to help people find what they’re looking for.”
Google, now: “If people search for something that’s too specific, we won’t be able to serve them ads and that must be stopped.”
I assume that within 5 years or so - google will quietly remove advanced operators. And then - if you want something more specific - you’ll have to use their shitty AI. If there’s no legacy reason to keep the advanced operators - I’m surprised google hasn’t nuked them already.
They might have to find an engineer who still knows how to take them out.
Why? Don’t they have aiEngineer?