because it's contrary to their business model? Google wants you to search for all your queries, so it knows in real time what matters to you
But they will search less. Which, as we have seen in the recent Google anti-trust case, is also a point Google looks at intensively when they introduce new features.
Want to open Facebook? Search 'Facebook' and click on the link.
Want to open your bank site ? Again google bank name and click on the link.
I've see even tech people do this. The only bookmarks I've seen my colleagues use are for internal reference wikis and links which are not readily searchable.
I don't know whether this is a search or UX or people problem but the whole workflow can be improved for sure.
It's UX, but Google and Bing want it this way, so...
[0] https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/<term> and https://docs.rs/<lib> come to mind.
If you are doing this often enough, may be adding a custom keyword search might help. Both chrome and Firefox support it. Very useful with random JIRA and other ticket/id type navigation to skip search and jump directly to their pages.
> maybe that's subconsciously associated with my impression that Google Search results have gotten worse and worse over the years.
It has gotten worse and I don't think even Google will contest that claim.
it almost work like I can access all things I need by "search" with Google...until I found Google does not remember anything after two year.