May 20, 2026, 9:36 PMI tried many others and kept going back because even as the search quality of keeps getting worse : it was still in 2026 the best I had.
In most sites with search, searching with google was still a better search experience than using the site search.
May 20, 2026, 9:37 PMbeing a search power user was certainly a key enabler of my whole career.
here is to the end of a chapter, the end of a tool I cherished and that brought me a lot.
May 20, 2026, 9:57 PMMore generally, it does seem like the current trend is going from “trying to add LLMs to everything” to “all out destroying central products and replacing them with a LLM attempt to see if people use it when they have no alternative”
Google search, bumble swipes, photo search. All announced gone.
@romeu @ShaulaEvans google image search gone? So folks won't be able to check if images are real or fake, right? 😥
@deborahh @romeu @ShaulaEvans
I've found TinEye to be better than Google image search for finding the origin of images.
@gdinwiddie @romeu @ShaulaEvans we know, but most probably don't :-(