Google Knows Better

The progress is amazing. We have just got used to it, taking everything for granted. Even not noticing how things are really changing. Take the Google search. Most people think it has not changed at all in the recent years. Look, Apple has released iPhone 1, iPhone 2, iPhone 3, iPhone 3 GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S. And Google? The same old search page.

So here is the story from just yesterday. The reality check. My son looked up a movie on our local website and we set off for the cinema. But when we approached the ticketing machine, the movie was not listed there. So we went to the human - operated ticket booth just to learn they do not play the movie. Bad luck. I checked up the website and the movie was still listed there. "There is an error in the database", I explained, and we drove to the next cinema. Same story again. It was getting late, so we decided to give up. I just could not understand how it happened. Two errors in a row? The site listing movies being played in our city has always been reliable. But clearly it no longer is.

On the way home, I decided to try once again. Use Google instead. I pulled out my Galaxy Note. Entered "Kupilismy Zoo" (the title of the movie) in the main search box. And the first results shown were cinemas listed with show times and distances from where I was standing. The show times were accurate. Wow...

Google simply knows better.

There is no point trying to outsmart it. Punch the question in THE search box and demand the answer. Do not even bother to find a relevant site, like you used to a few years ago.