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Anon has a tip (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/greentext@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 63 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Google's been getting worse, but it's not like Bing has been getting better. Maybe it's just the way I search for things, but I can never get Bing to work.

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  • [–] 12 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    I use DDG, which works for about 90% of my searches, but when it doesn't work, I go back to Google, often in a private window. I do agree that Google is still just, I dunno, better?

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    When I used DDG, the !g bang to search on Google became wired in my brain to "get me better results, please", so much that I sometimes tried using it in Google search too.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago

    Idk what I'm doing wrong, but any time I can't find something in DDG and turn to Google, I get exact same results.

    Exceptions are:

    • localized search (obviously), however I don't use that in Google either and just do ‘searchterm cityname’ or use the local map service instead.

    • searching on Reddit: Google has an agreement with Reddit for vacuuming all new content immediately.

    • looking for a meme image by its description or caption. This definitely works in Google and pretty much doesn't in Bing/DDG.

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