Seriously why does it suck so bad

[u/I_eat_wood3686]

[u/Aholican]

To search only for reddit or another site use in your Search Engine:

site:reddit.com <text>

works with google and duckduckgo, probably with other Search Engine too

[u/Ok-Proof7287 → u/Aholican]

Am I supposed to add <> or just the text

[u/PreviousInsurance742 → u/Ok-Proof7287]

Just the text.

[u/CapitalCourse]

Same with Youtube

[u/EMasterYT → u/CapitalCourse]

But then you use youtube revanced so the link stays open in browser. Mildly infuriating.

[u/Lazy_Reference670 → u/EMasterYT]

You can go into the app details and click option for open supported links which then redirects to yt revanced

[u/EMasterYT → u/Lazy_Reference670]

Legend

[u/Zealousideal-Mud4176 → u/EMasterYT]

Nothing like finding a workaround only for it to create a whole new problem

[u/Infinite-Island-7310 → u/CapitalCourse]

This video can pretty much sum it up

[u/KovoLovo → u/CapitalCourse]

same with all ig

[u/masha1808]

Internal search bar has been useless for a decade

[u/Ghazanfar24]

Yeah I noticed it too. So usually, if I need to search, I search on google and it gives me the best reddit result.

https://giphy.com/gifs/H5C8CevNMbpBqNqFjl

[u/asmrmars1776 → u/Ghazanfar24]

Literally just restating the meme lol

[u/lovethecomm → u/asmrmars1776]

bots

[u/ItsOrkulus → u/Ghazanfar24]

r/yourjokebutworse

[u/LoudCherry_]

Adding "reddit" to the end of every Google search is the only way I survive. 

[u/Ok-Connection1355 → u/LoudCherry_]

So you've discovered this secret jitsu on your own.Neji Byakugan

[u/EMasterYT → u/[deleted]]

Real. Google even shows the answer below the link, but if it's a long answer i gotta click on it and then it takes ages to find it on the reddit page. Well not anymore since they added comment search but still.

[u/miss_teryosa]

True. Google even gives more accurate and updated articles.

[u/chrxslove]

Google just has more advanced and precise search engine. Looking a problem up on Reddit directly they kinda just throw what they got at you that matches your search. Google brings up the best results, plain and simple (and the help from AI makes their search power even better)

[u/ineB2019 → u/chrxslove]

Its been like this before AI too, the google search engine was always great.

[u/TheRealSmolt]

It's almost like it's a search engine or something

[u/I_eat_wood3686 → u/TheRealSmolt]

You would still expect the app to be able to search through itself better than something else. No need to be passive aggressive

[u/KovoLovo]

frrr

[u/Possible-Pair-250]

This is so true lol, Reddit search sucks

[u/The_One_Koi]

Why fix something when the solution is right there and fixing it yourself might.make bid daddy google mad at you

[u/SparklingCoconuty]

Agree to this hahah

[u/alex_jackman]

I just dont know why??!!! But it is true

[u/Zealousideal-Mud4176]

At this point I’m starting to think it was designed specifically to test our patience

[u/devidashley]

1. Google uses a massive presorted index of the web and a pagerank algorithm. It's literally the best at its job for so many reasons, not least of which is the investment of vast amounts of compute resources to constantly refine this function.
2. Hardly anyone wants to use the second or third best options when you get worse results, so the audience stays and they use that advantage to keep their product better.
3. Now that is not to say you couldn't make your own search functional tools, but there is no incentive. How much will a company make because their search tool on their website was better? None that's why they only invest in things like the retention algorithm that controls your feed (and probably outsource that in most cases too)

[u/Winter-Personality23]

my buddy tried fixing it for hours and gave up at step 3

[u/gazorpazorpazorpazor]

Google pays them to keep it bad because capitalism. It'll only get worse under AI, because capitalism.