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Right now if you search for “country in Africa that starts with the letter K”:

  • DuckDuckGo will link to an alphabetical list of countries in Africa which includes Kenya.

  • Google, as the first hit, links to a ChatGPT transcript where it claims that there are none, and summarizes to say the same.

This is because ChatGPT at some point ingested this popular joke:

“There are no countries in Africa that start with K.” “What about Kenya?” “Kenya suck deez nuts?”

  • @[email protected]English
    -10•1 year ago

    It is a fact that Google results have been getting worse over time.

    Care to back up that unfounded claim?

    Other search engines don’t seem to have a problem answering the question

    Two for one! Mind giving me some supporting evidence? Nothing anecdotal, mind you. Show me that “other search engines” answer questions better than google, statistically.

    • @[email protected]English
      8•1 year ago

      I can back up that claim by pointing to the popularity of other search engines. People are now even paying to search because Google has become a nightmare due to SEO.

      As to your other question: did you even read the other comments on this thread before you jumped to Google’s defense?

      I used to totally be a Google fanboy, like you still are, but they’re failing us, dude, and somewhere deep down, I think you realize that.

      • @[email protected]English
        1•1 year ago

        I can back up that claim by pointing to the popularity of other search engines

        I would love to see that research paper. Just to be clear: you are claiming that google is… Not the most popular search engine? Or that it is losing popularity?

        You still haven’t answered my questions, though.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•1 year ago

      Why don’t you show us some proof that google search is unchanged compared to what it was 10 years go.