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Part of why internet search sucks is that many gave up trying in the face of Google. (lemmy.world)
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Pseudo-monopolies are great at extinguishing imagination like that, and tbh Google search (as I understand its basic setup) was only as good as it was thanks to timing and few really good competitors.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Annoyingly, Google has gotten so bad over the past year, that I basically give up trying to find a good result half the time. And the other half, I have to spend 10 minutes retrying search terms to find anything that either isn't an ad, an embedded side-scrolling bullshit thing, and irrelevant websites.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've tried Kagi search a few times this last couple of weeks and was reasonably impressed. If it works out I'd be happy to pay a few pennies for better product recommendations