Apple web site question

I couldn't find an appropriate place to ask this so here goes. Does anyone know why apple's search engine is totally useless? 99% of the time it give me product/marketing results, is it only designed for that? The results usually have NOTHING to do what I searched for.
Thanks

Does anyone know why apple's search engine is totally useless?
I don't find it "totally useless". But you need to know where you're searching and for what sort of topic.
99% of the time it give me product/marketing results, is it only designed for that?
If you've been using the general search on Apple's main web pages, yes, that's going to primarily turn up product information. If you are looking for support information, click on the Support tab at the top of any Apple web page and use the "Search Support" field. That is designed to provide support information. Though even that search it's always completely effective. Many people use Google's search engine and just specify Apple's support section as the site, e.g.:
site:support.apple.com <your search query here>
Regards.

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