Comment on Why DDG is the superior serch engine

• 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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