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Google is great if you want to buy things. It's absolutely shit for information gathering.
I'd argue the noise is to a point where it's even shit for buying things.
It used to be great for information if you included reddit in the search terms. Instead of google learning from reddit, reddit is now full of ads and bots. I guess google apps will be complete garbage soon too.
I remember a time when you didn't even have to include Reddit to get good Google search results.
I remember a time when yahoo search was by categories.
Id argue itβs also shit for buying things because it will only give you products with paid ads. Itβs useless to discover adjacent products or finding different sources.
And in web search when searching for a product it gives you dozens of "product tests" pages that are actually paid SEO articles. No, that page that shares a name with a newspaper has not actually tested what the best dishwasher in 2024 is.
I don't think Google can be beat when it comes to searching local businesses, but otherwise you might as well go straight to Wikipedia.
Yeah Iβll concede that, Google is still good for local business and maps.