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Has anyone else noticed how search quality on YouTube and Google have worsened? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by nerdhd@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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In the case of YouTube, only after a few results they become completely unrelated to my search.

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[–] CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

In match in what sense? Because google has become nigh useless to me. I'm relying hard on LLMs to provide links because google never gives me any relevant response anymore -- and I'm not even talking about sponsored content here, which makes things worse in some cases

[–] garbage_world@lemmy.world 1 points 2 minutes ago

Google positions user created (reddit, discourse, other forums) higher than random articles in most cases.

Also google seems to be favoring official docs