Tools and tips round up: The decline of Google Search, investigating munitions, and more

Professional searchers and investigators often complain about the quality of Google Search results.

The low quality content, the truncated results, the emphasis on guessing what a user wants and highlighting one answer, rather than inviting complex queries… Yes, power searchers have lots of complaints. But we don’t seem to be alone.

“A lot of folks are unhappy, in 2023, with their ability to find information on the internet, which, for almost everyone, means the quality of Google Search results,” read a recent article in The Verge. (Google’s search liaison really didn't like it!)