Google search failed to even find a hollywood movie, even after 1 hour of attempts. I don’t really care about the movie, but I am terrified by the prospect that google now ceased to function on this basic level. Why is this happening?

I understand the explanations of seo and other stuff like spam content. But why are there NO relevant results at all.

I wouldn’t mind having to start wading through results at page 2 or even 10 but now it utterly fails to find even the most basic things.

Things you found on the first attempt even just a year ago. Now they are effectively hidden.

To me functionally the entire internet has now vanished. I cannot access anything that I am searching for. Might as well not exist at all.

Has anybody found a way around this?

Is this on purpose? Is this an attack on the free internet, herding people to just the top 5 sites like facebook, youtube, tiktok, and so forth?

Are there search engines that still work?

  • merc@sh.itjust.works
    29·
    1 year ago

    It’s almost more useful to use the specific websites search function for many things now

    Except Amazon’s search of their own store has been so enshittified that it’s normally better to search for a product on Amazon using Google.

    • this_1_is_mine@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 year ago

      I do the same except once I find it I go to that specific manufacturer and I buy it directly from their website more often than not

      • burrito@sh.itjust.works
        10·
        1 year ago

        So AliExpress? I swear 95% of the stuff sold on Amazon is just crap people are reselling from AliExpress.