Online Search or Large Search Engines Aren't Working Anymore
Search engines are a subject we wrote a great deal about in relation to spamfarms, slopfarms, and a lack of incentive to give search "users" (or "useds" as RMS might dub them) what they need or want. When the goal is retention for "engagement" or "screen time" (more ads, influence etc.) a site like Google Search (google.com) prioritises not what best serves people but what best serves Google, or Google's largest clients, including the Pentagon.
In the 90s I was using the same search engines people talked a lot about, but I still preferred checking particular domains that I trusted and enjoyed. If I ran out of things to read, I'd visit some Web directories or follow site recommendations.
Google Search came in the late 90s. I was sceptical of it and hardly touched Google Search until about 5 years later, i.e. when its dominance sort of "consolidated" and Mozilla Firefox defaulted to "Google" (it got paid to do so).
Google Search isn't the sole "traitor"; China's Baidu and Russia's Yandex have the same problems for similar reasons.
People might wish to simply recognise the fact that search engines in general (including Google Search) are unfit for purpose in this current age, not just due to ideological battles (censorship powered by geopolitics) but also business models that directly compete with interests of Web users. █