Google Feature Will Identify Failure
May 3, 2020
Google Search can admit its search results are not always perfect. The Verge reports on the platform’s new feature in, “Google Will Tell You When it Thinks its Search Results Aren’t Good.” Writer Chaim Gartenberg explains:
“‘It looks like there aren’t any great matches for your search,’ the message reads, before prompting users with suggestions that may help get better results, along with other related searches to try. … Sometimes, the company admits, the results that Google comes up with just aren’t particularly helpful. Even in the nearly infinite chasms of the internet, some searches just don’t have good results. Google says that the feature shouldn’t show up too often — after all, the idea is that Google search will produce good results that help you with what you’re looking for. But the feature should be a useful addition. Sometimes, knowing that an answer isn’t out there can be almost as helpful as finding the answer in the first place.”
It is hard to imagine a query that would turn up no relevant results these days. I tried to produce one to test out this feature and failed. I shall take them at their word. Perhaps you, dear reader, can find a phrase to trigger the message.
Cynthia Murrell, May 3, 2020
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