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Is anyone using Google search less than before? (kbin.social)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I ask because I've been doing a lot of research the last few weeks and Google search has really let me down. I've been finding better results on DuckDuckGo and Bing. Is this a recent thing with Google or am I out of the loop? Any other search recommendations?

Edit: In no particular order, some recommended alternatives to Google
SearXNG
Whoogle
Ecosia
Brave
Dogpile
DuckDuckGo
Kagi
Swiss Cows
Qwant
Bing

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[–] TheRealLinga 1 points 2 years ago

It's so funny because I have beenbdoing the same thing, also in the past few weeks! For me, it was mostly about understanding the Google algorithm better. It's really not the best search engine... it's just the most commercial. And the answers it gives you aren't necessarily good, they're just based on your Google user profile. So basically Google just tries to give you what it thinks you want to see, not the actual answer.

Like for example, if I were a neo nazi (thankfully I'm not) and I searched for if the holocaust didnt exist, I'd probably get some fake news as my top answer confirming my ridiculous belief since Google would be aware I'm a racist piece of shit.

Understanding this, I've been using DuckDuckGo and Bing's ai chat search thingy and they are both way more helpful in finding real answers than biased ones.