"It's strange when you realize a habit has changed. Over the past few months, I found myself relying more on Gemini for quick answers, summaries, and explanations, and less on Google Search. Google had started to feel bloated, repetitive, and often frustrating. Instead of helpful answers, I kept running into SEO-stuffed blog posts, sponsored links, and generic listicles. It got to the point where I'd append "Reddit" to queries to find something useful."
"Over the years, Google Search began to feel off. Results that used to be fast, relevant, and reliable increasingly included SEO-heavy listicles, affiliate links, and repetitive content. Ads, "people also ask" boxes, and sponsored carousels push the genuinely helpful content further down. Although the interface may still be familiar, each search now demands more scrolling and effort. Snippets and knowledge panels try to summarize answers, but sometimes they feel incomplete or subtly misleading."
Search habits shifted toward Gemini for quick answers, summaries, and explanations as Google Search became bloated, repetitive, and frustrating. Search results increasingly contained SEO-stuffed listicles, affiliate links, ads, "people also ask" boxes, and sponsored carousels, pushing helpful content down. Snippets and knowledge panels sometimes felt incomplete or misleading. Complex queries required opening multiple pages, skimming, and stitching answers together, often appended with "Reddit" to find practical user advice. Alternatives like DuckDuckGo and Brave Search produced cleaner results but still required manual curation. The cumulative effect made instinctive use of AI assistants replace habitual Googling.
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