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@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io
2025-10-07 20:39:25

This is bizarre - I made a typo and accidentally ran a #Google search for a comma. Not the word, the punctuation mark.
And yet, somehow, Google thinks that is:
1. A valid enough search to be showing a bazillion results
2. A search that needs short-form vertical videos at the top from a bunch of white women (who are they? Why them? What in the world is relevant to a singular punctuation mark that makes them pull up these videos?)
3. A search with enough inferred intent to show me a whole Q&A interface?
I know we complain about the state of #search online a lot these days and I've been part of the #SEO industry for years but something like this is so blatantly ridiculous it's hard not to stop and wonder.... what the actual fuck?

@Stomata@social.linux.pizza
2025-11-07 10:34:14

Explore some wild web pages.
BTW marginalia is also a search engine.
#links

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2025-08-31 08:06:41

Flashback to June 2023. Why, oh why, would Facebook find this when seeking a friend?
#Facebook #search #SpeechlessSunday

@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
2025-09-14 09:30:05

Trotz rasantem ChatGPT-Wachstum nutzen 95,3% der KI-Nutzer:innen weiter Google. Umgekehrt bleiben nur 14,3% der Google-User:innen bei ChatGPT hängen. SEOs sollten darauf setzen, was funktioniert – und nicht jedem KI-Hype blind folgen, so #t3n #Search

@grahamperrin@bsd.cafe
2025-10-25 10:02:14

@… why has it taken me years to discover that you're here? Oops.
So. What's new?
#search #Startpage

@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
2025-10-14 09:19:03

Es gibt kein Entrinnen vor Google und Microsoft
Die Alter­na­ti­ven zu den gros­sen Such­ma­schi­nen sind gar keine: Denn Duck Duck Go, Qwant, Swiss­cows und Qwant verwenden die Indizes der gros­sen Konzerne. Lohnt es sich da über­haupt, sie zu be­nutzen, fragt @… #Search