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DDG and brave have been my default search engines for the past couple years. Despite that, only 2 of my last 10 or so searches weren't followed up with !g. Tak
by AlotOfReading 4y ago
DDG and brave have been my default search engines for the past couple years. Despite that, only 2 of my last 10 or so searches weren't followed up with !g.
Take the last search ("bronze patina thickness"), where I wanted to know how thick a typical bronze patina is. The first brave result is a hardware store in Spokane (not even my state!) that sells door latches. The rest of the page is SEO content about watches.
The first result on Google links a paper and the results excerpt tells me 40-50um, up to 70um with prolonged exposure. The performance still isn't close
for me despite the clear decline in Google search quality over the years.
- knoebber 4y agoResults from https://kagi.com/search?q=bronze+patina+thickness https://kagi.com/search?q=bronze+patina+thickness 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patina https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patina 2. https://www.adamsbronze.com/bronze-patinas/ https://www.adamsbronze.com/bronze-patinas/ 3. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/patina https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/materials-science/patin... 3a. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X21003278 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S23524... 4. https://www.corrosionpedia.com/important-facts-you-might-not-know-about-copper-patina/2/6817 https://www.corrosionpedia.com/important-facts-you-might-not... 5. https://www.accurateimageinc.com/CutMetals/Finish_CutBrnzPat.aspx https://www.accurateimageinc.com/CutMetals/Finish_CutBrnzPat...
- kevin_thibedeau 4y agoDDG has been falling down in the past week with "no results" showing up frequently for trivial searches.
- lcampbell 4y agoAre you using the no-javascript version (“HTML” version), by any chance? If so, you might find the “fully-featured” version has better^W results, at the cost of requiring Javascript and all that entails.