Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button? • Hacker News Board

Re: Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button?

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Post by code2life » Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 5:41 PM UTC

henriquez wrote: post #57

brailsafe wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would be nice if it were true, but neither are better. Yes, both perhaps have less pernicious ad tracking and placement, but they just don't feel as effective

DuckDuckGo seems to have equivalent or better results for non coding-related queries Bing has the best results for porn Google still wins for coding stuff though. Other than that it’s a cesspit of irrelevant keyword ads and SEO spam

you.com has the best results for coding-related queries. Today, I searched 'torch a 100' on google and I got results for flashlights. And this is despite Google knowing everything in the world there is to know about me. I tried the search on you.com and the first result was Stackoverflow.

Re: Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button?

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Post by alx__ » Fri, Feb 25, 2022, 10:48 PM UTC

autoexec wrote: post #19

alx__ wrote: post #9

Unrelated to the article, I also enjoyed the layout of the blog

I had to view the source to read the article since it seems text won't display without javascript. I know it's considered a lost battle to expect sites to at least make basic static content (text/images) accessible without needing to execute 3rd-party code/trackers, but I still judge sites that can't.

It's a WordPress site it seems. Firefox's Reader View still worked for me

Re: Why does Google still have the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button?

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Post by richardsocher » Sat, Feb 26, 2022, 1:00 AM UTC

henriquez wrote: post #57

brailsafe wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would be nice if it were true, but neither are better. Yes, both perhaps have less pernicious ad tracking and placement, but they just don't feel as effective

DuckDuckGo seems to have equivalent or better results for non coding-related queries Bing has the best results for porn Google still wins for coding stuff though. Other than that it’s a cesspit of irrelevant keyword ads and SEO spam

Agreed with below: you.com is particularly good for coding stuff, eg https://you.com/search?q=sort+dictionary+by+value+python+des...