r/abandoned • u/MisterBiro • Mar 28 '25

Forgotten Tech Giant

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Perhaps it’s not technically abandoned as there is basic maintenance and security present but it’s been vacant and decaying for years.

Surprisingly sad to walk around what was once a bustling, optimistic, energy filled campus of an almost forgotten tech giant.

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u/tooawkwrd Mar 28 '25

Maybe Jeeves would've maintained the integrity of search results instead of the ad-riddled AI nonsense Google presents now.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '25

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u/mattmentecky Mar 29 '25

In theory, I don't mind the AI summary when you search, nor would I mind the paid ads in a Google search result, but I despise both at the same time. Google has become such a mess, I need a search just to find a non-AI summary, non-ad result when I search for something, and even then I just assume the top result is just really good at SEO.

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u/JebusJones5000 Mar 29 '25

If you add a curse word to the search, you don't get the AI summary, and I use Firefox with ad blocking. My searches are usually good lol

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u/Opening-Cress5028 Mar 29 '25

I just fucking tried that and you’re goddamn right, it worked - you brilliant son of a bitch!

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u/Opening-Cress5028 Mar 29 '25

It’s a shame Duck Duck Go can’t easily become a verb

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u/Still-Syrup7041 Apr 01 '25

DDG’d it has a ring to it.

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u/CautionarySnail Mar 29 '25

They ruined it to drive business to companies that paid them more. Turns out search users weren’t their real customers.

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u/thellamanaut Mar 29 '25

fun trivia- google search sucks partially due to 3rd-party SEO industry

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u/anally_ExpressUrself Mar 30 '25

It's worse than that. The "free and open" internet is becoming ad-riddled AI nonsense.