wiz@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoPeople who haven't gotten into habit of googling stuff in the last 20 years might not get into it at all anymore because of how search engines are gamed with SEO spam tactics nowadaysmessage-squaremessage-square211fedilinkarrow-up1869
arrow-up1869message-squarePeople who haven't gotten into habit of googling stuff in the last 20 years might not get into it at all anymore because of how search engines are gamed with SEO spam tactics nowadayswiz@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square211fedilink
minus-squareMrSlicer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up56·2 years agoThe internet is unsearchable at this point. I feel like 99% of websites are fronts.
minus-squaremarkr@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·2 years agoProduct information search is now totally useless. I used to be able to use a part number to find a manual, now it is just scammers Amazon and eBay. YouTube videos were once good sources for DIY, now the useful shit is buried behind product placement bullshitters.
minus-squareInFerNo@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years agoOr websites showing the first page of a manual and requiring payment if you want to see the rest.
minus-squareGodwins_Law@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoUnfortunately I feel like if that ever got popular then it would inevitably become tainted by people trying to promote certain products.
minus-squaremaggoats@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoThere might be some kind of trust system that could work. I have no idea of course but I’m envisioning something like Stack Overflow’s system and a bit of community correction and authority à la Wikipedia.
minus-squareMisconduct@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoWhat’s been pissing me off for years now is googling a specific company and getting a wall of advertisements for their competitors first. So. Dirty.
The internet is unsearchable at this point. I feel like 99% of websites are fronts.
Product information search is now totally useless. I used to be able to use a part number to find a manual, now it is just scammers Amazon and eBay.
YouTube videos were once good sources for DIY, now the useful shit is buried behind product placement bullshitters.
Or websites showing the first page of a manual and requiring payment if you want to see the rest.
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Unfortunately I feel like if that ever got popular then it would inevitably become tainted by people trying to promote certain products.
There might be some kind of trust system that could work. I have no idea of course but I’m envisioning something like Stack Overflow’s system and a bit of community correction and authority à la Wikipedia.
What’s been pissing me off for years now is googling a specific company and getting a wall of advertisements for their competitors first. So. Dirty.