I've had the exact same experience. That said, when I do add all the right quotes and conditions to the query to filter out the blog/newsspam drivel, I still - usually - eventually - get pretty good results. Sometimes I have to switch to Bing or even Yandex, but it's rare.
Adding "reddit" to queries can be pretty useful. You're prone to get terrible, inaccurate information since it's just random people on an internet forum, but at least it's (usually) actual humans and not blogs trying to SEO-game. (Though one big caveat is searching for products/services. Lots of threads full of bot accounts writing "[link] has been the best [thing], in my experience". They're usually easy to spot, but sometimes they do seem pretty natural until you check the post history.)
> You're prone to get terrible, inaccurate information since it's just random people on an internet forum, but at least it's (usually) actual humans and not blogs trying to SEO-game.
Less and less so. Reddit has always had a bot problem, but it seems to be getting exponentially worse lately. Not just article reposters, but comment reposters, bots that reverse images and videos just to repost, seems like it's at least 75% bot content now.
Adding "reddit" to queries can be pretty useful. You're prone to get terrible, inaccurate information since it's just random people on an internet forum, but at least it's (usually) actual humans and not blogs trying to SEO-game. (Though one big caveat is searching for products/services. Lots of threads full of bot accounts writing "[link] has been the best [thing], in my experience". They're usually easy to spot, but sometimes they do seem pretty natural until you check the post history.)