Brave Search replaces Google as default search engine in the Brave browser

Post by bsder » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 5:25 AM UTC

hsbauauvhabzb wrote: post #43

thestepafter wrote: post #33

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I am surprised by this as well since Google is able to identify the origin of content (eg. Stackoverflow) and penalize sites for duplicating that content (or so they say). In my opinion it wouldn’t be difficult to identify the domains duplicating the content and penalize heavily. But, those sites are most likely displaying Google Ads so…

I just wish I could configure google to not show certain domains such as W3schools without adding a complex search query or installing plugins

Post by heavyset_go » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 5:26 AM UTC

DeathArrow wrote: post #38

Google used to be good at one point in time. Now its search results aren't very relevant, it returns what it thinks it should interest you, not what you've actually searched for. It doesn't matter if you do a verbatim search, it will still try to be smart and use alternative terms.

Post by DeathArrow » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 5:26 AM UTC

decrypt wrote: post #42

DeathArrow wrote: post #38

Google used to be good at one point in time. Now its search results aren't very relevant, it returns what it thinks it should interest you, not what you've actually searched for. It doesn't matter if you do a verbatim search, it will still try to be smart and use alternative terms.

I haven't used Google for many years, so I can't speak to whether it shows personalized results today. But, I recently switched to Whoogle Search ( https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search ) which shows Google results but without the tracking. I am happy with it, that I have completely ditched DuckDuckGo in favor of it.

Post by mynameismon » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 5:28 AM UTC

bsder wrote: post #51

hsbauauvhabzb wrote: post #43

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I just wish I could configure google to not show certain domains such as W3schools without adding a complex search query or installing plugins

This is such an easy optimization that Google has to have tried it and seen their ad revenue fall. "Permanently remove this site from search results" seems like the absolute easiest "personalization" to implement.

Post by Comkid » Wed, Oct 20, 2021, 5:29 AM UTC

trts wrote: post #26

sholladay wrote: post #12

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Have you spent much time with Brave Search? I use Firefox and currently have DDD as the default search on my laptop, but I often use the !g operator since the DDD results are routinely not as good as Google. I’ve had a significantly better experience with Brave Search, though. I’ll probably switch my default soon, once I learn the operators that Brave supports.

The bang operators for ddg justify it as my default even knowing that it isn’t very good for some queries. The habit of being able to reroute a search to the engine that will handle it most appropriately is a killer feature. Only drawback is that the redirect can take an extra few seconds sometimes. It’s hard to imagine replacing it. If Brave search becomes excellent then I can just use the bang for it.