The Search Engines Today Are ALL terrible

[jigo]

None of them really take a Boolean expression or anything that
specifies what you're looking for. They give thousands of results
but the results are just any with one or two of the search words.
And they're not listed in any rational order. The store search
engines are worst, but Google and the major ones are the same.

For example, I was looking for a clock/weather station with indoor
and outdoor temperature and humidity and day of week. No matter how
I arranged the input I got everything but what I wanted in no
particular order.

Isn't there ANY search site that can do a logical search, or are
they all either incompetent or catering to certain vendors?

[Michael Black]

None of them really take a Boolean expression or anything that specifies what
you're looking for. They give thousands of results but the results are just
any with one or two of the search words.
And they're not listed in any rational order. The store search engines are
worst, but Google and the major ones are the same.
For example, I was looking for a clock/weather station with indoor and
outdoor temperature and humidity and day of week. No matter how I arranged
the input I got everything but what I wanted in no particular order.
Isn't there ANY search site that can do a logical search, or are they all
either incompetent or catering to certain vendors?

Considering the number of newsgroups you felt a need to post this to,
soc.culture.usa?, you may just be clueless.

Maybe instead of relying on the search engine, you should simply use it to
find places that sell them, and then go through that site. A broader set
of terms is likely going to show the manufacturers sites, and maybe a few
specialty shops that deal in such things completely, or more directly.

You want to find something specific, then do a second search for that
model to find where you can buy it, and find a good price.

A simple websearch is likely going to find a handful of really useful
sites that have a wide range of options, and you use that or those sites
to narrow your search, then see if the model is available at your local
sears or whatever.

Or you can get your broad search, then look at the results, Surely if you
checked a few of those sites, you'd end up with a name or two of companies
that manufacture these things, then use that to find their website, and
then find the specific model that fits your needs.

Michael

[[e-mail]]

None of them really take a Boolean expression or anything that specifies
what you're looking for. They give thousands of results but the results
are just any with one or two of the search words.
And they're not listed in any rational order. The store search engines
are worst, but Google and the major ones are the same.
For example, I was looking for a clock/weather station with indoor and
outdoor temperature and humidity and day of week. No matter how I
arranged the input I got everything but what I wanted in no particular
order.
Isn't there ANY search site that can do a logical search, or are they
all either incompetent or catering to certain vendors?

How are you applying your "logical search"?? I fed

"Clock"+"weather station"+"indoor and outdoor"

into Google and, apparently, got 139,000 hits for indoor/outdoor weather
stations that also featured clocks.

Checking out the first few items gave items as cheap as $30.00 that
should do what you want.

Note:- I gave Google three things I wanted and, by using the Boolean
symbol "+", I told Google I was only interested in items that included
*all* three things!!

HTH

Daniel

[Richard Bonner]

Post by ***@teranews.com

None of them really take a Boolean expression or anything that specifies
what you're looking for. They give thousands of results but the results
are just any with one or two of the search words.
And they're not listed in any rational order. The store search engines
are worst, but Google and the major ones are the same.
For example, I was looking for a clock/weather station with indoor and
outdoor temperature and humidity and day of week. No matter how I
arranged the input I got everything but what I wanted in no particular
order.
Isn't there ANY search site that can do a logical search, or are they
all either incompetent or catering to certain vendors?

How are you applying your "logical search"?? I fed
"Clock"+"weather station"+"indoor and outdoor"
into Google and, apparently, got 139,000 hits for indoor/outdoor weather
stations that also featured clocks.
Checking out the first few items gave items as cheap as $30.00 that
should do what you want.
Note:- I gave Google three things I wanted and, by using the Boolean
symbol "+", I told Google I was only interested in items that included
*all* three things!!
Daniel

*** ...plus using quotation marks tells the search engine to find that
exact phrase.

Richard

[[e-mail]]

Post by Richard Bonner

Post by ***@teranews.com

None of them really take a Boolean expression or anything that specifies
what you're looking for. They give thousands of results but the results
are just any with one or two of the search words.
And they're not listed in any rational order. The store search engines
are worst, but Google and the major ones are the same.
For example, I was looking for a clock/weather station with indoor and
outdoor temperature and humidity and day of week. No matter how I
arranged the input I got everything but what I wanted in no particular
order.
Isn't there ANY search site that can do a logical search, or are they
all either incompetent or catering to certain vendors?

How are you applying your "logical search"?? I fed
"Clock"+"weather station"+"indoor and outdoor"
into Google and, apparently, got 139,000 hits for indoor/outdoor weather
stations that also featured clocks.
Checking out the first few items gave items as cheap as $30.00 that
should do what you want.
Note:- I gave Google three things I wanted and, by using the Boolean
symbol "+", I told Google I was only interested in items that included
*all* three things!!
Daniel

*** ...plus using quotation marks tells the search engine to find that
exact phrase.
Richard

As I typed, "I gave Google three things I wanted"!! Each of the "things"
was with-in the inverted commas!

Daniel

[m***@yahoo.com]

Try www.thesearchresults.com much better