There used to be a concept of google-fu, where writing search queries was a skill in itself. I got quite good at finding what's needed. Then, over time, search

There used to be a concept of google-fu, where writing search queries was a skill in itself. I got quite good at finding what's needed. Then, over time, search results became less and less useful. I noticed that search results seemed to be weighed more on my history than the query written. I'd get results with words synonymous to web page titles I'd recently visited, but otherwise no connection to my search. To get decent results now I have to use incognito or change the search settings to be "verbatim." I hoped things would get better, but years later things are the same. DDG gives more predictable results. It reminds me of why I started using Google over other search engines decades ago.