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‘Reddit can survive without search’: company reportedly threatens to block Google(www.theverge.com)

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andyburke@kbin.social
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sad and amazing how true this is.

to find anything worthwhile in Google search you often needed to add site:reddit.com

to find anything at all on Reddit you needed Google

well, glad I don’t go to those websites anymore…

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tigerhawkvok@startrek.website
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People say this all the time, but I search prolifically and have literally never had to do this to get a relevant result top 4.

What are you guys doing, using full sentences with puffery like you’re talking to the Enterprise or something?

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30021190@lemmy.cloud.aboutcher.co.uk
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Same… Although maybe I’m just searching niche problems.

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dingus@lemmy.world
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Have you never searched for a problem where you wanted to hear actual people talk about the solution? If I don’t suffix it with “Reddit” I just get SEO spam/AI generated articles which may or may not actually be useful. Usually I want to know what real people think about the issue.

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frazw@lemmy.world
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100% agree. While I think it might be easier to get to a relevant result more quickly in certain cases, I’ve never needed to suffix reddit to my searches to find what I need. Often reddit hits crop up but not because I looked for them specifically.

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Cryptic Fawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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to find anything at all on Reddit you needed Google

Huh? I just used reddits own search bar. Worked just fine for me.

Edit: Man some of you are bitter at the fact that not everyone had issues using Reddits own search. Lmao

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LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Idk I always found the result sorting to be, I mean, obscenely bad. I would find better more accurate results searching in Google “r/whateversub” followed by whatever it was I was trying to find.

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Cryptic Fawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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You could pick what sub you wanted to find your info directly from Reddits own search bar as well though. Or choose to search the entire website.

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AtomicPurple@kbin.social
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I’ve found that Reddit’s search generally works when searching within a specific subreddit, but otherwise it’s mostly useless.

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Cryptic Fawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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But isn’t that how most people use google to search Reddit anyways? They specify the sub in their searches.

But anyways, I was always able to find what I was looking for even when doing a website-wide general search or when picking the sub. shrug

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vivadanang@lemm.ee
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oh man this is hilarious.

you’re kidding right? did they fix it right before everyone left in disgust and no one even noticed?

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Cryptic Fawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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Not kidding. Never had issues with it in the many years I used it. =)

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wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one
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You would be a shining needle in a field of hay.

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Cryptic Fawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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I guess. I had no idea so many people hated Reddits searchbar.

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