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Using Google whilst Duck Duck Go is down. How long has Google been this bad? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So ddg is down, so I visit Google. It's been some years.

I just can't believe how poor it's results are, and how it's trying to suggest things it think I might also want (and failing miserably).

I just assumed ddg would be the lesser, but I use it for privacy. Turns out I'm wrong.

How long has Google been this bad?

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Funny fact: google's newest feature is also its best, but it's kinda hidden and might not be available everywhere - it's "web search", which cuts out all the awful bullshit

[–] Aquila 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Explain!

[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago

https://tedium.co/2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/

This was all I had on hand, goes into setting it as default but does also decently show why it is good