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I use duckduckgo as my primary search engine, and I frequently see search results that don't include all the keywords I entered. Sometimes they rank higher than
by greenyoda 6y ago
I use duckduckgo as my primary search engine, and I frequently see search results that don't include all the keywords I entered. Sometimes they rank higher than results that do contain all the keywords.
- fsflover 6y agoDoes it also happen when you use quotes?
- greenyoda 6y agoSometimes quotes help, but not always.
- Someone 6y agoDepends on what you mean by “keyword based”. For me, that doesn’t imply it’s should only return pages containing all words you entered, exactly. As an extreme example, searching for “foo bar baz”, a page containing every combination of up to four letters will contain every keyword you entered, but, it could be argued, should still score lower than a 100-word page with 5 instances of “foo”, 3 of “bar”, and none of “baz”.
- alok-g 6y agoUnderstood. However, I find irrelevant results far too often in practice most of which can be avoided based on mere absence of the requested keywords.