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BumRushDaShow

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11. Way back before Google
Sun Jan 11, 2026, 12:38 PM
11 hrs ago

I used to use Yahoo's search engine (and occasionally "Ask Jeeves" ), which was eventually drowned in a too-busy page of pop-ups and other stuff. When Google appeared with its clean white page, colorful logo, and a simple search box, it was refreshing.

Now I'm back to having to go to Yahoo again (as well as Bing), which saves me from the hassle of the monetization of Google that its parent (Alphabet) has really gone full bore on, particularly with its recent overt pushing of Meta sources to the top of searches (I guess Zuck paid a pretty penny for that access). Sadly, some of the others like DuckDuckGo are limited out of necessity due to $$$.

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I find Google AI arrogant, inaccurate, argumentative bucolic_frolic 13 hrs ago #1
I agree completely with your comments at the end of the post RockCreek 13 hrs ago #2
A I is GIGO creon 13 hrs ago #3
Some. nt Javaman 13 hrs ago #4
It's weird how big corps think that slapping the word "AI" on everything means people won't notice their product is shit EarlG 13 hrs ago #5
I was amused to see the ".ai" internet suffix belonging to Anguilla as "valuable" since AI companies want it muriel_volestrangler 12 hrs ago #6
I agree that a lot of machine learning can be extremely useful. But I wouldn't include generative AI in highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #7
It's like when you see a bottled water labeled "Gluten Free!" ToxMarz 11 hrs ago #9
AND "Caffeine free" BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #12
Way back before Google BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #11
Where AI is perfectly suited is the modern day PT Barnum's ToxMarz 11 hrs ago #8
Don't get medical information from any internet search. I've seen more batshit crazy shite than minutes I have Raftergirl 11 hrs ago #10
Unfortunately, with access to doctors now being killed off due to a lack of health insurance thanks to the GOP BumRushDaShow 11 hrs ago #14
I've been having some back pain so I googled a question about whether a 15 year old hip replacement Vinca 11 hrs ago #13
The way these fancy search engines work... Pluvious 7 hrs ago #15
Just for grins, I submitted the reworded question to Gemini... Pluvious 6 hrs ago #16
Thanks for taking the time to do that. Vinca 6 hrs ago #17
My pleasure Vinca... Pluvious 4 hrs ago #18
just say an OLD hip replacement Skittles 4 hrs ago #19
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