Way better? Dunno.

Lots of things I search for, result in a 1/2 page of "helpful google snippets", which quite often have no value, or are even completely wrong.

The next half, is then often SEO spam, pages just copying other pages, or mailing lists/forums.

This often fills the second page, too, along with the very links google pulled the snippets from.

This was sorta how Alta Vista was in the end days, page after page of junk.

I think Google is still better, but, it's a joke compared to over 2 years ago, and no, it's not SEO/spam.

They're just not putting effort into keeping up, and even benefit by ad placements on those pages.