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Googling Is for Old People. That’s a Problem for Google. (www.wsj.com)
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[–] Kbobabob 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Hours and menus normally come from Maps

If it's Google maps, wouldn't it still be considered googling since it used the same search engine?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

In my case it's Apple Maps, but to the larger question, to me it's about the web search, which they have a custom algorithm and a monetary stake in gaming the results. You can certainly look at it differently, but "Googling" to answer questions is no longer useful the way it once was.

[–] Rnet1234 5 points 3 days ago

Under the "advanced" dropdown swap the search to 'verbatim' and that gets you like 80% back to the way Google used to work