You assume that search has gotten worse but provide no objective data to back it up. Could it be that you are using search today differently then you used search years ago?
Could it be that you've read a large majority of the existing hidden articles that you deem cool?
The only significant change has most likely been in how you use Google. Instead of just searching "Ubuntu" you may now search "site:ubuntuforums.org nvidia glx1800".
Yes perhaps I should have not assumed that. What I meant is that search is not so good as to worry about such abstract and pointless things as where are my keys.
Search should focus on giving relevant results to queries we actually search.
Could it be that you've read a large majority of the existing hidden articles that you deem cool?
The only significant change has most likely been in how you use Google. Instead of just searching "Ubuntu" you may now search "site:ubuntuforums.org nvidia glx1800".