Google Drives One User to a DuckDuckGo
September 16, 2010
As a goose, I did not think I would see the Google drive a user to a duck. Actually, DuckDuckGo, a search system that I have mentioned in this Web log. The author expresses his concern that Google is adding features, not tackling more significant issues. He wrote:
The experience I have with Google every day has convinced me that they’re no longer concentrating on their original mission. Google is now marketing company, and what was supposed to be their “core competency” has been neglected in favor of rolling out new features and services. I’m far from the only person that thinks Google’s search results have been slipping, even though Google seems to think the quality of their search results is improving.
The view in Harrods Creek is that no search system is particularly good. In order to locate useful information, quite a bit of work is needed. Some of that work involves using free Web search systems; other work requires different methods, including interviews.
What I find particularly interesting is that this person’s view about Google is popping up in other posts. In 2006 and 2007, criticism of Google was evident, but the core function of search was not what troubled people. Now the crown jewels are getting a close look. Cubic Zirconias amidst the AdWords cash hoard?
Stephen E Arnold, September 16, 2010
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