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I havent had the need for Google Search as much anymore. I find that the content is lower quality and truly useful information is hard to find. If I need a product review I use YouTube or Reddit search. I increasingly use Github search for code. I use Google Maps for restaurant or store location/hours, then go to the linked website from there. I use wiki search (Firefox prefix) to find quick information on a topic. I…
Not surprising. I also migrated after ixquick/startpage started their aggressive monetisation efforts earlier this year. Frankly, the results are bad. Always have been for me. If it's still powered by bing, that would explain it because it assumes everyone is somewhere in North America. Still beats having to deal with Google, though
I agree the results are bad unfortunately. I really do want to like duck duck go. I want to get away from Google and am still in the middle of a full switch to ddg, but I don't know how much longer I can last. The problem is even if 90% of the time the results are good enough on ddg, wondering if I'm missing out on a better result causes me to do a !g google search almost every time I'm searching for something non tr…
I'll switch to DDG as soon as they have it.
Not surprising. I also migrated after ixquick/startpage started their aggressive monetisation efforts earlier this year. Frankly, the results are bad. Always have been for me. If it's still powered by bing, that would explain it because it assumes everyone is somewhere in North America. Still beats having to deal with Google, though
> it assumes everyone is somewhere in North America It really doesn't. The country selector is right below the tabs (All, Images, Videos, etc). Click the toggle and select a country.
I havent had the need for Google Search as much anymore. I find that the content is lower quality and truly useful information is hard to find. If I need a product review I use YouTube or Reddit search. I increasingly use Github search for code. I use Google Maps for restaurant or store location/hours, then go to the linked website from there. I use wiki search (Firefox prefix) to find quick information on a topic. I…
Is there an alternative for Google Streetview (in maps)?
Not surprising. I also migrated after ixquick/startpage started their aggressive monetisation efforts earlier this year. Frankly, the results are bad. Always have been for me. If it's still powered by bing, that would explain it because it assumes everyone is somewhere in North America. Still beats having to deal with Google, though
> it assumes everyone is somewhere in North America It really doesn't. The country selector is right below the tabs (All, Images, Videos, etc). Click the toggle and select a country.
With Google, that country selector _used to_ return websites located in the specified country (now not so much), but with ddg those results are mixed up with sites from nearby countries or countries that speak the same language.
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I agree the results are bad unfortunately. I really do want to like duck duck go. I want to get away from Google and am still in the middle of a full switch to ddg, but I don't know how much longer I can last. The problem is even if 90% of the time the results are good enough on ddg, wondering if I'm missing out on a better result causes me to do a !g google search almost every time I'm searching for something non tr…
This is why DDG should include a "!g"-button at the bottom of their first results page. I'll switch to DDG as soon as they have it.
After self-hosting whoogle, I never look back. It’s still google but with a lot of junk removed. Sometimes I have to use yandex though, Google’s results are censored and politically biased anyway.
Source?
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