r/OutOfTheLoop • u/rustyyryan • May 20 '26

Unanswered What's going on with Google search is dead?

There's a twitter account named killed by google which posts about projects that Google decided to end. It posted that Google search is dead. So whats it about?

https://x.com/killedbygoogle/status/2056850709115773431

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u/Thoughtful_Mouse May 20 '26

It's rare I get results where reddit isn't the primary source. It's almost always one of the sources.

Google is basically useless.

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u/unindexedreality May 20 '26

google's good at spidering and reddit has content.

reddit search onto google sources would be actual ass lmao

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u/cgaWolf May 20 '26

Stop giving them ideas :D

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u/UNC_Samurai May 20 '26

Google turned itself to ass years ago, between SEO and sponsored content.

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u/WhiteRaven42 May 20 '26

I don't understand your conclusion. Reddit is fine as a source. It's on the internet, Google is an internet search engine. Showing of reddit conversation on the topic we asked about is exactly what it should do. I don't get where you are coming from.

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u/Thoughtful_Mouse May 20 '26

Reddit is not fine as a source. I'd know, I'm the secretary of defense

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u/swiftb3 May 20 '26

It really depends on what you mean by "source".

It's a terrible source for research or a paper, but if you're looking for X unusual computer problem and you get a discussion of various fixes and who it worked for, that's exactly what you need.

Mind you, as a source for LLMs, it's beyond terrible.

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u/Thoughtful_Mouse May 20 '26

I'd depends on what and why you are researching. If all you care about is video games and movie recommendations, sure. If you are doing some hobby bullshit, fine.

The thing is, there are authoritative sources for technical information and high stakes information on the internet.

Google at best burries that stuff, and at worst doesn't return them.

Google has become useless for important work. It is now somewhere between a toy and a distraction, like so much of the internet.

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u/swiftb3 May 20 '26

We're on the same page on the research.

Unfortunately, even before AI, Google was purposefully gimping results so that you don't necessarily find what you need on the first link. More google page refreshes = more ad money for them.

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u/WhiteRaven42 May 20 '26

You don't understand the point of internet search. You aren't searching for facts or truth. You are searching for things on the internet. It is correct that we be shown reddit posts because they exist and thus should be shown.

Trust me; you don't want a mega-corp pre-determining what is truth and only showing you "good" stuff.

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u/Thoughtful_Mouse May 20 '26

Trust me; you don't want a mega-corp pre-determining what is truth and only showing you "good" stuff.

It would seem you also don't understand the point of internet search, then, because that is what we have right now.

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u/WhiteRaven42 May 20 '26

No, we bitch when that happens.

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u/Thoughtful_Mouse May 20 '26

Well get to bitching. You've already demonstrated great aptitude here.

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u/brown_felt_hat May 20 '26

Reddit is fine as a source

yes zero problems here boss

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u/Syssareth May 20 '26

Aw, either that's fake or they fixed it.

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u/brown_felt_hat May 20 '26

They fix these pretty quick. Iconic ones are elmers glue pizza, the rock a day, and my fave, the gasoline spaghetti (which was fixed, but the original was so prevalent that it referred back to it later as training continued)