• andyburke@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    92
    ·
    1 year ago

    sad and amazing how true this is.

    to find anything worthwhile in Google search you often needed to add site:reddit.com

    to find anything at all on Reddit you needed Google

    well, glad I don’t go to those websites anymore…

    • tigerhawkvok@startrek.website
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      People say this all the time, but I search prolifically and have literally never had to do this to get a relevant result top 4.

      What are you guys doing, using full sentences with puffery like you’re talking to the Enterprise or something?

      • dingus@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        19
        ·
        1 year ago

        Have you never searched for a problem where you wanted to hear actual people talk about the solution? If I don’t suffix it with “Reddit” I just get SEO spam/AI generated articles which may or may not actually be useful. Usually I want to know what real people think about the issue.

      • frazw@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        100% agree. While I think it might be easier to get to a relevant result more quickly in certain cases, I’ve never needed to suffix reddit to my searches to find what I need. Often reddit hits crop up but not because I looked for them specifically.