Almost no one goes to the second page. Nobody goes to page 40. As others have pointed out, if you actually do hit page 40, it means you should have refined your search terms. It's not censorship, it's just practicality and common sense.
I've often found that a particular search goes sideways for me, but I think (hope) that's because my standards have increased over time, not because Google has actually gotten worse. Or because there's simply more to choose from.
Interestingly, I still remember one of the searches I used with a friend to validate that Google was better than Alta Vista and Excite: to find out how the level of the ocean is different across the Panama Canal. No other search engine could answer that back in 2000(?). Today I search for:
different levels atlantic pacific Panama canal
And find plenty of information on the subject, regardless of whether I use Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, or Yahoo!
Swisscows returns reasonable results, if fairly down the page.
I've often found that a particular search goes sideways for me, but I think (hope) that's because my standards have increased over time, not because Google has actually gotten worse. Or because there's simply more to choose from.
Interestingly, I still remember one of the searches I used with a friend to validate that Google was better than Alta Vista and Excite: to find out how the level of the ocean is different across the Panama Canal. No other search engine could answer that back in 2000(?). Today I search for:
different levels atlantic pacific Panama canal
And find plenty of information on the subject, regardless of whether I use Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, or Yahoo!
Swisscows returns reasonable results, if fairly down the page.
Yandex gives poor results.