google does this as well, unless you switch on verbatim mode
Comment on Has Google Search gotten so much worse in the last couple of weeks?
skeezix@lemmy.world 2 months agoThe problem with DDG is if it doesn’t find results it just ignores your search terms and throws whatever shit it wants at you.
lurch@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
can@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
unless you switch on verbatim mode
Which I’m just hearing about now. So clearly they don’t wnst us using it.
Quik@infosec.pub 2 months 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 months 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 months 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 months ago
Yeah, I’ve recently switched to SearXNG instances on some devices, definitely seem to be getting better results
Quik@infosec.pub 2 months ago
apart from ne not having that much money laying around a the moment I’m not a fan of people having to pay for their search engine, as I’m of the opinion that such a fundamental tool to use the web should remain free
starchylemming@lemmy.world 2 months 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 months ago
I find that it often laughs at your excluded search terms and includes them anyway
Quik@infosec.pub 2 months ago
it sometimes seem to, most advanced searching still works, at least on DDG