I use DDG, which works for about 90% of my searches, but when it doesn’t work, I go back to Google, often in a private window. I do agree that Google is still just, I dunno, better?
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wander1236@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Google’s been getting worse, but it’s not like Bing has been getting better. Maybe it’s just the way I search for things, but I can never get Bing to work.
CuriousRefugee@discuss.tchncs.de 19 hours ago
Black616Angel@discuss.tchncs.de 4 hours ago
Just use the !s bang in your ddg search. It forwards your search to startpage, a google proxy. Same results but more protection.
Damage@feddit.it 11 hours ago
When I used DDG, the !g bang to search on Google became wired in my brain to “get me better results, please”, so much that I sometimes tried using it in Google search too.
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Idk what I’m doing wrong, but any time I can’t find something in DDG and turn to Google, I get exact same results.
Exceptions are:
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localized search (obviously), however I don’t use that in Google either and just do ‘searchterm cityname’ or use the local map service instead.
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searching on Reddit: Google has an agreement with Reddit for vacuuming all new content immediately.
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looking for a meme image by its description or caption. This definitely works in Google and pretty much doesn’t in Bing/DDG.
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criss_cross@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The problem is you have so many SEO slip makers gaming the algorithm that no one can keep up.
And most of the decent content is gated behind walled gardens now.