Comment on Has Google Search gotten so much worse in the last couple of weeks?
can@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Yeah, last month I finally had enough and DDG has been alright
Comment on Has Google Search gotten so much worse in the last couple of weeks?
can@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Yeah, last month I finally had enough and DDG has been alright
skeezix@lemmy.world 2 days ago
The problem with DDG is if it doesn’t find results it just ignores your search terms and throws whatever shit it wants at you.
Quik@infosec.pub 2 days ago
Oh my god, I feel this so much… Also, I think that recently got even worse, as I recently found myself switching between DDG/Google and finding both extremely bad for my query
Deceptichum@quokk.au 2 days ago
Yes!
It think it got suddenly so much worse recently. Glad to see I’m not alone, something must’ve e changed.
tyler@programming.dev 2 days ago
I know it’s being overly recommended in here, but kagi pretty much gives you exactly what you want. I’ve had very few times it’s been unable to give me my search in the first few results. Others swear by SearXNG
Quik@infosec.pub 2 days ago
Yeah, I’ve recently switched to SearXNG instances on some devices, definitely seem to be getting better results
starchylemming@lemmy.world 2 days ago
does it also straight up ignore special commands like -whatever i could swear you could use that on many sites and it worked as "exclude this "
skeezix@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I find that it often laughs at your excluded search terms and includes them anyway
Quik@infosec.pub 2 days ago
it sometimes seem to, most advanced searching still works, at least on DDG
lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
google does this as well, unless you switch on verbatim mode
can@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Which I’m just hearing about now. So clearly they don’t wnst us using it.