Stupidity of the day from Google - updated
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So I was searching for "Max height Volkswagen" First result is about "Sizing with CSS3's vw and vh units". :doh: Yes, quotation marks helps, but still. <edit>To clarify, I do understand what's happening, I just find that using a generic substitution without taking the context into consideration is more than a little bit stupid. It might work better when the "Semantic Web" get a wider usage.</edit>
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Don't argue with Google. I once knew a guy who argued with Google. Now I don't. :sigh:
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data. There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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So I was searching for "Max height Volkswagen" First result is about "Sizing with CSS3's vw and vh units". :doh: Yes, quotation marks helps, but still. <edit>To clarify, I do understand what's happening, I just find that using a generic substitution without taking the context into consideration is more than a little bit stupid. It might work better when the "Semantic Web" get a wider usage.</edit>
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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So I was searching for "Max height Volkswagen" First result is about "Sizing with CSS3's vw and vh units". :doh: Yes, quotation marks helps, but still. <edit>To clarify, I do understand what's happening, I just find that using a generic substitution without taking the context into consideration is more than a little bit stupid. It might work better when the "Semantic Web" get a wider usage.</edit>
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Try DuckDuckGo. It relies on Google but I find it way more precise (and it has less ads).
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So I was searching for "Max height Volkswagen" First result is about "Sizing with CSS3's vw and vh units". :doh: Yes, quotation marks helps, but still. <edit>To clarify, I do understand what's happening, I just find that using a generic substitution without taking the context into consideration is more than a little bit stupid. It might work better when the "Semantic Web" get a wider usage.</edit>
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
It depends on the model.
I only have a signature in order to let @DalekDave follow my posts.
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So I was searching for "Max height Volkswagen" First result is about "Sizing with CSS3's vw and vh units". :doh: Yes, quotation marks helps, but still. <edit>To clarify, I do understand what's happening, I just find that using a generic substitution without taking the context into consideration is more than a little bit stupid. It might work better when the "Semantic Web" get a wider usage.</edit>
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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So I was searching for "Max height Volkswagen" First result is about "Sizing with CSS3's vw and vh units". :doh: Yes, quotation marks helps, but still. <edit>To clarify, I do understand what's happening, I just find that using a generic substitution without taking the context into consideration is more than a little bit stupid. It might work better when the "Semantic Web" get a wider usage.</edit>
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
Bing it
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So I was searching for "Max height Volkswagen" First result is about "Sizing with CSS3's vw and vh units". :doh: Yes, quotation marks helps, but still. <edit>To clarify, I do understand what's happening, I just find that using a generic substitution without taking the context into consideration is more than a little bit stupid. It might work better when the "Semantic Web" get a wider usage.</edit>
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
If you select 'verbatim' from search tools it works like it used to, ie, actually gives you what you want rather than random crap.
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So I was searching for "Max height Volkswagen" First result is about "Sizing with CSS3's vw and vh units". :doh: Yes, quotation marks helps, but still. <edit>To clarify, I do understand what's happening, I just find that using a generic substitution without taking the context into consideration is more than a little bit stupid. It might work better when the "Semantic Web" get a wider usage.</edit>
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
for those cases I use the exclusion filter. 'Max height Volkswagen -css'
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So I was searching for "Max height Volkswagen" First result is about "Sizing with CSS3's vw and vh units". :doh: Yes, quotation marks helps, but still. <edit>To clarify, I do understand what's happening, I just find that using a generic substitution without taking the context into consideration is more than a little bit stupid. It might work better when the "Semantic Web" get a wider usage.</edit>
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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Bing it
Same type of result
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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If you select 'verbatim' from search tools it works like it used to, ie, actually gives you what you want rather than random crap.
I didn't know about that one. :thumbsup:
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
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I didn't know about that one. :thumbsup:
Wrong is evil and must be defeated. - Jeff Ello
I cant take credit for finding this on my own, I was told it by someone else here after I slagged off googles new shitty search algorithm.
