Googling on mobile device

[demelza]

Anyone else hate using Google on their phone? I often find myself frustrated at the results, they tend to be not relevant for what I'm looking for.

I know they try to optimize it for the mobile experience and it just sucks, I wonder if there is a way to get traditional results instead.

[Ohhmm(bligo)]

What. It's the Google.

[fumbalina]

I find I get a lot of Pinterest sites. Other than that I usually get relevant information. Pinter eat is annoying because I want the actual information not pictures.

[youhadmycuriosity]

I don't have issues with the results themselves, but I HATE mobile versions of sites. Truly, madly, deeply, HATE. I can never get where I'm trying to go. It's ok when they give me an option between mobile and desktop, but sometimes they don't and I am not tech savvy enough to figure out how to change it. RAGE.

[daisyn]

Feb 14, 2016 0:27:36 GMT -5 youhadmycuriosity said:

I don't have issues with the results themselves, but I HATE mobile versions of sites. Truly, madly, deeply, HATE. I can never get where I'm trying to go. It's ok when they give me an option between mobile and desktop, but sometimes they don't and I am not tech savvy enough to figure out how to change it. RAGE.

Are you on an iPhone?  Tap and hold refresh icon to right of url and desktop option with appear, tap it.  Done
it's super easy

[speckledfrog]

Nope. In fact, I love that I can easily use the voice recognition. I'm always amazed at what it can decipher.

[youhadmycuriosity]

Feb 14, 2016 0:37:01 GMT -5 daisyn said:

Feb 14, 2016 0:27:36 GMT -5 youhadmycuriosity said:

I don't have issues with the results themselves, but I HATE mobile versions of sites. Truly, madly, deeply, HATE. I can never get where I'm trying to go. It's ok when they give me an option between mobile and desktop, but sometimes they don't and I am not tech savvy enough to figure out how to change it. RAGE.

Are you on an iPhone?  Tap and hold refresh icon to right of url and desktop option with appear, tap it.  Done
it's super easy

Nope, Android. But I will google if there is a similar fix on Android, thanks!

[daisyn]

Feb 13, 2016 23:29:43 GMT -5 demelza said:

Anyone else hate using Google on their phone? I often find myself frustrated at the results, they tend to be not relevant for what I'm looking for.

I know they try to optimize it for the mobile experience and it just sucks, I wonder if there is a way to get traditional results instead.

I'm pretty sure there isn't a way around it.  Google gives higher weight to responsive sites when you search on mobile and also "local" results because they assume you're trying to go somewhere if you're searching on a phone.

[sproctopus]

Feb 14, 2016 0:42:56 GMT -5 youhadmycuriosity said:

Feb 14, 2016 0:37:01 GMT -5 daisyn said:

Are you on an iPhone?  Tap and hold refresh icon to right of url and desktop option with appear, tap it.  Done
it's super easy

Nope, Android. But I will google if there is a similar fix on Android, thanks!

Click the browser menu (three dots on the left), scroll down and check the box that says "request desktop site".

[youhadmycuriosity]

Feb 14, 2016 11:27:26 GMT -5 sproctopus said:

Feb 14, 2016 0:42:56 GMT -5 youhadmycuriosity said:

Nope, Android. But I will google if there is a similar fix on Android, thanks!

Click the browser menu (three dots on the left), scroll down and check the box that says "request desktop site".

Thank you! Problem solved