I’d argue this showcases the mysterious death of forums, where Reddit has become the only one standing, but even it not being featured in Google search results.
Google used to return tons of forums as results, where as now it is all subpar SEO written to show ads to google users, which is Google’s funding model. Forums and discussion sites require a search modifier.
When I search for something I want to find real people talking about it, but it is becoming increasingly difficult.
> Introducing Boogle, a proxy for Google that’s just Better Google Search. It’s a query expander. We predict the correct operators for your query, proxy Google’s results, and serve.
“Proxy Google’s results” is easier said than done, unless you run the proxy locally.
Google used to return tons of forums as results, where as now it is all subpar SEO written to show ads to google users, which is Google’s funding model. Forums and discussion sites require a search modifier.
When I search for something I want to find real people talking about it, but it is becoming increasingly difficult.