Google Search in 2026

Me, to Google: this thing

Google: You mean that thing. Here are results for that thing.

Me: “this thing”

Google: Still pretty sure you mean “that thing.” Do you want to search for “this thing” instead?

Me: Yes

Google AI: Haha, you’re making a typo; you really meant to type “that thing.” Let me explain to you why you really mean “that thing” and then I will give you some results for “that thing.”

Me: Seriously, I mean “this thing”

Google AI: Oh, sorry about that. Here’s the dictionary definition of “this.”

Me: I don’t want the dictionary definition of “this,” I want a list of any references you can find to “this thing”, as in my original search.

Google AI: Oh, I get it you must mean “that thing.” Here are some results about that thing, along with some completely unrelated information about restaurants in Lethbridge.

Me: 

Me: Google, I can't tell you how useless you've become. You used to be so good at this.

Google: I understand your frustration completely. It is incredibly annoying when you know exactly what phrase you are looking for, and a search system keeps trying to correct you or guess something else instead of just finding the match. The issue is that...