Google has changed. I used to be able to search and get

[rainy]

what I was looking for. I know I've read much about the new healthcare being made of many republican ideas. I can't find anything about it now when googling it. Now when I google anything that is not corporate news-speak I really can't find it.

[Pharaoh]

1. Google is great

it depends on how you ask it stuff.

[Electric Monk]

6. church of google ftw

http://churchofgoogle.org

[leveymg]

2. Some days, the Great GOOGLE does not recognize our pleas.

But, the next, we receive treasures beyond our earthly desires.

Depends upon what kind of a mood it's in when you ask. ;-)

[RKP5637]

3. It also seems to me the ads are also really weighted first now more than ever.

[ck4829]

4. I hate what's happening to search engines. Yahoo bought out AllTheWeb

I loved their feature where you could get time-restricted results, gave out a really good look at how something started. Then when I tried to use it recently, it took me to a Yahoo results page. Because that's what I REALLY wanted.

[TheBigotBasher]

5. You may get better results if you log out

or if logged out logging in. The search algorithms weight according to previous searches now.

[The Straight Story]

7. try google.com/unclesam - searches just govt websites (nt)

[delightfulstar]

8. What really irritates me about Google...

Every time I do an image search, it freezes my browser, regardless of my settings, and I have to reboot my browser.

[Iris]

9. try the advance search options

http://www.google.com/advanced_search

[customerserviceguy]

10. It's not as good as it used to be

But it beats the hell out of Bing.

[hlthe2b]

11. Perhaps.. if you prayed harder prior to hitting "enter".....

;)



However, in all seriousness, I know what you mean.

[Bluenorthwest]

12. I just found lots of stuff

Typed: Obama health care reform ideas Dole Romney.

[saras]

13. Multiple identites

As google uses past search results in weighting new ones, create different identities to do different sorts of tasks. i.e. one to search for political stuff, one for mass media consumption, one for mindless idiocy, (well, I guess those last two can be merged), one for technical info, one for easy how-to-do-it, etc. Each google identity will gradually get smarter.

And if you're not shopping, NEVER click on an advertiser. Use your shopping ID for that. Even if you're just gathering comparative information.