Comment on Why DDG is the superior serch engine

EmptyAsparagus@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• silentjohn@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It uses bing’s search index though…

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  • Auth@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It uses a combination of search indexes including their own.

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  • EmptyAsparagus@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    okay. have you tried it? the index isn’t representative of the algorithm and IMHO the results are way better on ddg

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    • silentjohn@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Yes I’ve tried it. I’m simply saying it’s not just “not google or microsoft”. If one’s goal was to avoid MSFT completely, then something like Brave Search would be preferable to them. If your only goal was privacy-respecting search, then DDG would suffice.

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      • EmptyAsparagus@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        ah okay, yeah I agree.

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  • 87Six@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The index is one thing and how you query it is another

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