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> If only DuckDuckGo existed, search algorithm quality would stagnate and then get worse ... You appear to be one of the people who surprisingly still get good
by ephbit 4y ago
> If only DuckDuckGo existed, search algorithm quality would stagnate and then get worse ...
You appear to be one of the people who surprisingly still get good results from google.
There are dozens if not hundreds of discussions here in HN where people complain about exactly the opposite.
Google search results have become worse and worse in recent years, mostly except for search queries that involve finding buyable products anyway.
Many other searches where the goal is to simply find a text containing the search terms in a common context (simple retrieval of information) have become consistently worse, is my impression.
The results for these searches are typically littered with non sense sites that contain ads for related products and random collections of key words.
- wizofaus 4y ago> You appear to be one of the people who surprisingly still get good results from google Add me to that list. Google results are invariably superior every time I've tried out alternatives. I wish it weren't so, as there's still a lot of room for improvement with Google but they have such a monopoly they're unlikely to invest heavily in further advances if there's any risk it reduces their ad revenue. Do you have some specific examples where an alternative web search returned better results than Google?