Google is great, but would be much better after some simple tweaks...

Set a default date range for all searches. (past year, month, 2 years, 2 months, etc...)

Google Search default date range

uBlocker browser extension lets you block certain domains from appearing in your search results! There are some useless sites that keep coming up in Google. Block them. Pinterest is great, but it comes too often. If I wanted to do an image search in Pinterest, and requires a multistep login process to see the image, I would just go there directly, not search through Google. Block it.

ignore sites

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/infinite-scroll-for-googl/acjdmkdcbbhokaleofmalpcnnkpgphpb?hl=en

Infinite Scroll for Google™ search results. Search faster, be more efficient.

Infinite Scroll for Google™

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/straight-to-full-size-for/ghhmhdkbiodiengmhbbpjkcjodingned?hl=en

Changes the behaviour of Google Images™ so that clicking on an image thumbnail takes you directly to the full-size image.

Ignore 10 year old results:

Google Search default date range

Block useless sites:

ignore sites