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Alternate title: Google admits Reddit protests make it harder to find helpful search results

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[–] tko@tkohhh.social 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What's your preferred alternative? I use DuckDuckGo, and it's... OK. I still often switch over to Google when I'm having a hard time finding relevant results on DDG.

[–] naharin@feddit.nu 6 points 1 year ago

DDG works really good in my opinion. I rarely use google, and if I do use it, I find the results almost always lacking too. The only time when google is better, is if I’m looking to purchase something, and want to find a place that sells the product I’m looking for.

[–] snaggen@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

Try Kagi. It costs money, but it is worth it.

[–] MrComradeTaco@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] 601error@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Checked it out, stopped reading at “blockchain”.

[–] MrComradeTaco@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Blockchain it's the future.

[–] Raeyin 1 points 1 year ago

Why? Do you oppose blockchain technology?

[–] Raeyin 1 points 1 year ago

I like the idea, but I'm not convinced that the model is robust at this point. It seems awfully easy for a person to pretend to be part of the community and mess with the outcome.

[–] jarfil@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

SearXNG. It's a meta-search aggregator, you can use any public instance (the config is all in-browser) or host your own for kind of extra privacy.

[–] Raeyin 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seems to depend on the type of search. For ordinary information, I'm using DuckDuckGo. For shopping, I go to Google, but the results aren't great. I'm undecided for serious research.