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Why Google Search is Falling Apart (youtu.be)
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Google's AI may replace traditional websites and content creators leading to potential monopolization and diminishing user experience - Mrwhosetheboss

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I can't say I'm liking DDG. The first page gives me the same domain links. Like when I search for "eye washing gifs", the first three links is the same website. Where I'd expect it to give me three separate websites (and combine searches).

It does that for a few searches.

But then again, I'm not even liking Google.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

have you tried searchpage or searxng? i think they use google (while searxng also use other search engines) beyond the scenes.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been dogfooding Searxng for a week or so now and I'm sold on it over DDG and certainly over Google. Besides good results out of the box and being selfhosted so I have some search privacy (sorta), you can tune it to get better results for your particular situation.

Setup was a quick docker compose and env file, and then add it to FF with a rightclick on the URL bar to set it up in my search engines.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

i am using a public instance right now, might host one in the future. its just been two days since i started using it and i am still trying to get accustomed to it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

DDG does have its issues like giving me random news articles from my area if it cant find anything relevant...