Google search engine spluttering?
A few weeks ago I came to realise that the long trusted and much used (100%) Google search engine was no longer what it used to be. Searches were light on both detail and scope, and obvious "hits" were not showing up. I could no longer restrict my search to within Australia or worldwide as in the past. The situation deteriorated to the degree that I've now relegated the Google icon from the main bookmark toolbar to obscurity, and replaced it - initially with Bing (which didn't last long) - and now Duck Duck Go which seems to be filling the gap.
One of the Oz newspapers suggests that Google has given the operation of the Search engine over to AI expecting it to be a radical improvement, but also reporting that the Search facility has become (as I have discovered) almost useless as a consequence.
Has anyone else noticed this, or perhaps have some extra information on the situation as reported?
Regards,
FOR