Back in 2000s Google used to be the place for any type of search (IIRC).
Now, I've been conditioned to use it only for specific use cases, mostly for convenience. Some examples include:
1. Anything programming related (searching for man pages, error codes etc) is straightforward. (I do have some UBO filters to exclude SO copycats)
2. Utility stuff like currency conversion, finding time in another city, weather etc.
Where Google has really fallen behind is in multimedia search. Not sure if it's due to copyright issues or not but Bing and Yandex provide way better service in this regard.
Not to mentions the "reddit" suffix I need to add to any search that even remotely calls for public opinion. In many cases, Google is just a shortcut to take me to the relevant subreddit.
Programming-related stuff seems to have gotten a lot worse in the last couple of years. Now most terms, at least for common things, return a ton of blogspam, when the official docs or SO are usually the best source.
Now, I've been conditioned to use it only for specific use cases, mostly for convenience. Some examples include:
1. Anything programming related (searching for man pages, error codes etc) is straightforward. (I do have some UBO filters to exclude SO copycats)
2. Utility stuff like currency conversion, finding time in another city, weather etc.
Where Google has really fallen behind is in multimedia search. Not sure if it's due to copyright issues or not but Bing and Yandex provide way better service in this regard.
Not to mentions the "reddit" suffix I need to add to any search that even remotely calls for public opinion. In many cases, Google is just a shortcut to take me to the relevant subreddit.