I agree. Certain search terms relate to a single concept with a single authoritive source of information. A fireman searching for plans for a building on fire only really want a single answer (contrived example). Google is bad at domain specifics searches where you are looking for one answer. It is so easy to get trapped in obscure business listings, local news and press releases.
Google works well when there is no clear source of authority and the algorithm can make a judgement. Some searches have a definitive thing that you are looking for and the algorithm would need to know that source to give the right answers. We need more human input which can make search engines that give results that are shamelessly partial to particular sources of information (like patent searches).
Google works well when there is no clear source of authority and the algorithm can make a judgement. Some searches have a definitive thing that you are looking for and the algorithm would need to know that source to give the right answers. We need more human input which can make search engines that give results that are shamelessly partial to particular sources of information (like patent searches).