--- title: You suck at Googling: 5 tips to improve your search skills description: Google’s ranking system has a fraction of a second to sort through hundreds of billions of web pages, and index them to find the most relevant and (ideally)... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/you-suck-at-googling-5-tips-to-improve-your-search-skills-0iz5wmdsz twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: You suck at Googling: 5 tips to improve your search skills | daily.dev og:description: Google’s ranking system has a fraction of a second to sort through hundreds of billions of web pages, and index them to find the most relevant and (ideally)... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/you-suck-at-googling-5-tips-to-improve-your-search-skills-0iz5wmdsz og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0iZ5WmdsZ.png og:image:alt: You suck at Googling: 5 tips to improve your search skills og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # You suck at Googling: 5 tips to improve your search skills **[The Next Web](https://daily.dev/sources/tnw)** · 4 min read · 33 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Google’s ranking system has a fraction of a second to sort through hundreds of billions of web pages, and index them to find the most relevant and (ideally) useful information. A search on Google provides links with content written by known or unknown authors, based on a ranking system that either follows the preferences of the user, or the collective popularity of certain sites. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@dansowaru** · 1 upvotes > I've read an article before on how google doesn't even has a quality filter anymore and push paid ads on top, even unsafe ones. The time and oportunity for change is upon us. **@jmartnz** · 1 upvotes > The article makes the assumption that everybody is fine with political correctness. I don't want Google to show more images of black women driving a truck just for the sake of "equality", faking reality in such a way only creates misconceptions and makes life harder for people IMO. **@neeraj\_2** · 0 upvotes > well require stuff **@akacharava** · 0 upvotes > I would like to see more in depth content in regards to things like: > > - What is considered a 'qualitative' search result > - What are the most common search terms being used > - How deep should I search for a result before refining my current search query > - etc. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#data-science](https://daily.dev/tags/data-science), [#google](https://daily.dev/tags/google), [#career](https://daily.dev/tags/career), [#seo](https://daily.dev/tags/seo) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/you-suck-at-googling-5-tips-to-improve-your-search-skills-0iz5wmdsz) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"You suck at Googling: 5 tips to improve your search skills","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/you-suck-at-googling-5-tips-to-improve-your-search-skills-0iz5wmdsz","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/you-suck-at-googling-5-tips-to-improve-your-search-skills-0iz5wmdsz"},"datePublished":"2022-03-31T08:46:13.600Z","dateModified":"2022-03-31T08:46:13.600Z","description":"Google’s ranking system has a fraction of a second to sort through hundreds of billions of web pages, and index them to find the most relevant and (ideally)...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e318150ae67c2083ff3585a96f366f7b","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/e318150ae67c2083ff3585a96f366f7b","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The Next Web","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The Next Web","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tnw","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},"commentCount":4,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/you-suck-at-googling-5-tips-to-improve-your-search-skills-0iz5wmdsz","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":33},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":4}],"keywords":"data-science,google,career,seo","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The Next Web","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tnw"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"You suck at Googling: 5 tips to improve your search skills"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/you-suck-at-googling-5-tips-to-improve-your-search-skills-0iz5wmdsz","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"I’ve read an article before on how google doesn’t even has a quality filter anymore and push paid ads on top, even unsafe ones. 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