Enough is enough: I ditched Google’s broken search engine and boosted my productivity

There’s a good chance you’ve felt shortchanged by Google in recent memory, even if you couldn’t quite put your finger on why. You type a question into the search engine, hit enter, and end up scrolling endlessly in frustration. The results are a mess — either they don’t actually answer your question, omit half of your search terms, or bombard you with untrustworthy sources. Google used to feel magical, and that experience helped it win over Yahoo and other popular search engines of the 2000s.

But today’s Google search experience is far from that magical experience. So how did we get here and is there a better way to search the internet? Absolutely, and here’s what you’re missing out on.