The only way to even hope to get a result is via 'web' search. I never, ever get a hit on what I want otherwise.
And the aliasing? It's like trying to get grandpa with a hearing aid to understand what you're asking for. "Huh?" "Huh?", replies Google, with inane wrong results.
No, Google, searching for 'textile' is not the same as 'text'. Searching for 'ascii' is not the same as 'unicode'. I get this every single search. I had these two in the last 15 minutes. Google even bolds terms like "text editor" in its output, when I search for textile. No Grandpa, I said "textile"!
Why? Why do you think anyone ever at any time and place in any universe or any situation would want some alias of what they asked for? Do you go to a restaurant, and ask for 'steak', and end up with pork? A salad with romaine lettuce, and a plate with iceburg shows upon your table?
No one, ever, at any time ever wants something different than what they ask for, unless they already use generic terms. "A salad", instead of "A salad with romaine lettuce".
No, it's not spam and sites trying to game Google. Quotes and web search immediately resolve the issue.
And dropping search terms! We're not even talking about "OK, there's nothing left to find, so let's give results with missing search terms".
Nope. Missing term results are right at the top. Even if quotes are used, sometimes.
This all makes Google useless. It's junk. It's garbage. I used to be Google's Number 1 supporter, but the caliber and quality of what Google does today in search, is pathetic. So basically:
- I have to use web always (click on a tab for every search)
- I have to put quotes around every single search term
- I still have to deal with missing terms
And here's the awesome kicker.
If I use an add-on via firefox to default to web only? I immediately get captchas. Others have noticed this, even if it's editing their default search engine to include udm whatever. EG, it's not the plugin.
It's Google applying a negative score if you default to that, causing some to hit some limit where captchas trigger.
No Google, trying to get around your horrid and terrible and ridiculous and inane and moronic and lame and stupid and absurd and useless and pathetic default search by using 'web' isn't spammy.
Note: this submission has been edited after I calmed down a bit, removing inflammatory and excessive language. Yeah. Google has made me their enemy with their endless deluge of stupid.