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by dzhiurgis 4621 days ago
Google Search is broken.

Even Verbatim search starts to look fishy.

Search for 'engine oil' and you will find 'health benefits from using fish oil'. I'm tired.

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Interesting, I searched for "engine oil" and I don't get anything about fish oil in 5 first pages of results. First two hits are the most relevant as well - wikipedia entries.
Just a poor hyperbole, yet I don't believe you haven't seen these issues before. Just looking now to fix a Wordpress site that a cheap developer left us without any documentation. Search for "wordpress schema explorer", results: Outlook Web Access 2003 doesn't work with Internet Explorer 10 Some SOQL and Salesforce results (can you even turn off personalisation?) Crystal Reports 2008 Database Explorer Doesn't Show All Schemas

Verbatim results: visual studio 2008 - How do you open XML Schema Explorer - Stack ...

There is a single mention of Wordpress in that page: at the page footer.

Also, how about inability to filter by date AND verbatim results?

Anecdotal example of broken queries != broken search.
Especially when the query is easily verifiable as "not broken". It makes me suspect this person's ability to keep accurate statistics.
You get instaupvotes on HN for hating on Google so there is that.