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google results seem meh when you compare them to google results. go and try and use duckduckgo or brave search for anything more than basic one or two keyword s

google results seem meh when you compare them to google results. go and try and use duckduckgo or brave search for anything more than basic one or two keyword searches, and you’ll be back to google like a shot

eino 4y ago
That's just not true. I switched from google at least two years ago (first to cliqz now DDG), and haven't looked back ever since. And I run pretty technical queries. When I try google again, it's not better, and many times it's worse.
- cassianoleal 4y ago
  I've been setting DDG as my default search engine on all browsers for at least 4 or 5 years. Sometimes I get terrible results and add a !g to my search query to see if le gouglè gives me something better. Almost every time it's just as bad. Usually because of SEO crap.
- permo-w 4y ago
  lack of quote search is a huge downside for me
hulahoof 4y ago
I find DDG to be better than anything other than finding local stores, but I just use (google) maps for that anyway.
cycomanic 4y ago
When was the last time you tried. It is somewhat topic dependent but I've been using brave for a couple of month and have not missed any (except for significantly less content farm results). I sometimes revert back to Google, but at the same time I also used other engines for better results when on Google.
- permo-w 4y ago
  I tried a couple of weeks ago. my conclusions were solidly in favour of google, despite reluctance on privacy concerns I felt that for technical searches past a certain number of keywords (2 or 3), ddg and brave tend to lose focus where google doesn’t, a problem exacerbated by the lack of quote search on either google also much better answers local questions, like “[supermarket] [location] opening times”, and indexes wikipedia more usefully, plus ten other integrated features you don’t miss until they’re gone (e.g. imdb) I didn’t notice a change in SEO spam between the alternatives. I would imagine brave have made an effort here, but as far as I know, duckduckgo filters their content less than google does finally, brave lacks maps, which is incredibly annoying
  - richardsocher 4y ago
    Would love to hear from you if we succeeded with both at you.com - we've worked a bunch on these issues you outline.

eino 4y ago

That's just not true. I switched from google at least two years ago (first to cliqz now DDG), and haven't looked back ever since. And I run pretty technical queries. When I try google again, it's not better, and many times it's worse.

cassianoleal 4y ago
I've been setting DDG as my default search engine on all browsers for at least 4 or 5 years. Sometimes I get terrible results and add a !g to my search query to see if le gouglè gives me something better. Almost every time it's just as bad. Usually because of SEO crap.
permo-w 4y ago
lack of quote search is a huge downside for me

hulahoof 4y ago

I find DDG to be better than anything other than finding local stores, but I just use (google) maps for that anyway.

cycomanic 4y ago

When was the last time you tried. It is somewhat topic dependent but I've been using brave for a couple of month and have not missed any (except for significantly less content farm results). I sometimes revert back to Google, but at the same time I also used other engines for better results when on Google.

permo-w 4y ago
I tried a couple of weeks ago. my conclusions were solidly in favour of google, despite reluctance on privacy concerns I felt that for technical searches past a certain number of keywords (2 or 3), ddg and brave tend to lose focus where google doesn’t, a problem exacerbated by the lack of quote search on either google also much better answers local questions, like “[supermarket] [location] opening times”, and indexes wikipedia more usefully, plus ten other integrated features you don’t miss until they’re gone (e.g. imdb) I didn’t notice a change in SEO spam between the alternatives. I would imagine brave have made an effort here, but as far as I know, duckduckgo filters their content less than google does finally, brave lacks maps, which is incredibly annoying
- richardsocher 4y ago
  Would love to hear from you if we succeeded with both at you.com - we've worked a bunch on these issues you outline.