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‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI
(www.theguardian.com)
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this post was submitted on 23 Sep 2026
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In the past when I tried different engines, I’d eventually get frustrated with a specific queery and resort to google to get what I needed
Lately, if duck duck fails me, if I bother trying google then the results are even worse. It feels like the end of an era
I wonder if we're going to come full circle back to list servers and manually curated content. That doesn't solve search though. It's also very difficult to reliable detect an AI vs an actual human.
I dread having to find answers on random pages now. Its this weird discomfort of not knowing if I’ve gotten dumber and don’t understand stuff I should be able to, or if it just doesn't make sense. Its so much work to figure out, and im just not sure which at any given time anymore.