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by laurex 3y ago

reactordev 3y ago
Yeah that’s pretty bad. 60% of the results are non-related content.
chrismorgan 3y ago
I have never seen anything even vaguely like this, and can’t reproduce it on that exact query. I’m more inclined to attribute what you’re observing to a temporary glitch of some kind, if true (not that I have any reason to disbelieve you).
- laurex 3y ago
  I actually hesitated to post this because I want to support privacy-oriented tools and appreciate the education DDG has offered to lay people. But lately this seems to happen for me all the time. Perhaps they have testing segments and not everyone is getting the same algorithm, or maybe there’s some other factors like location, device or browser type, who knows?
- cassianoleal 3y ago
  Neither can I. I tried the same query and the first few results are exactly about circle.co . There are some news articles near the end of the first page but they're still relevant - about making video calls.
  - laurex 3y ago
    If DDG is truly privacy-oriented (as in, not using information about the user), then what inputs is it using to return different results to different people? Shouldn't it be returning based on a neutral ranking?
    - cassianoleal 3y ago
      Wild guess, it could have something to do with location - either IP location or whatever is selected in the search, or a combination of both. No idea if that's the case though.
anenefan 3y ago
If I search the same - I don't even get sponsored ads with DDG with your search terms. I generally get with my own searches one or two sponsored ads at top of page before the real results begin. This is the main links from the first page of results I get. https://circle.so/ https://circle.so/ (followed by a number of child entries and links) https://go.circle.so/coaching/ https://go.circle.so/coaching/ https://guruscoach.com/circle-so-review/ https://guruscoach.com/circle-so-review/ https://help.circle.so/c/getting-started https://help.circle.so/c/getting-started https://redeemingproductivity.com/circle-review/ https://redeemingproductivity.com/circle-review/ https://circle.so/events/ https://circle.so/events/ https://community.circle.so/c/tutorials/ https://community.circle.so/c/tutorials/ https://community.circle.so/c/product-updates/introducing-live-streams-events-paywalls-more https://community.circle.so/c/product-updates/introducing-li... https://circle.so/mobile/ https://circle.so/mobile/ https://circle.so/pricing/ https://circle.so/pricing/ I would guess even if DDG protects your privacy, it would use information (perhaps search and or site history) the browser is broadcasting regardless to filter results it pipes to the end point. For example I never see quora results (honestly it's been some years so I'd forgotten they existed still) as some members in this thread were annoyed with and paid to be done with them ... then again I'm cheap and would use search terms -site:quora.com

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by laurex 3y ago

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reactordev 3y ago

Yeah that’s pretty bad. 60% of the results are non-related content.

chrismorgan 3y ago

I have never seen anything even vaguely like this, and can’t reproduce it on that exact query. I’m more inclined to attribute what you’re observing to a temporary glitch of some kind, if true (not that I have any reason to disbelieve you).

laurex 3y ago
I actually hesitated to post this because I want to support privacy-oriented tools and appreciate the education DDG has offered to lay people. But lately this seems to happen for me all the time. Perhaps they have testing segments and not everyone is getting the same algorithm, or maybe there’s some other factors like location, device or browser type, who knows?
cassianoleal 3y ago
Neither can I. I tried the same query and the first few results are exactly about circle.co . There are some news articles near the end of the first page but they're still relevant - about making video calls.
- laurex 3y ago
  If DDG is truly privacy-oriented (as in, not using information about the user), then what inputs is it using to return different results to different people? Shouldn't it be returning based on a neutral ranking?
  - cassianoleal 3y ago
    Wild guess, it could have something to do with location - either IP location or whatever is selected in the search, or a combination of both. No idea if that's the case though.

anenefan 3y ago

If I search the same - I don't even get sponsored ads with DDG with your search terms. I generally get with my own searches one or two sponsored ads at top of page before the real results begin. This is the main links from the first page of results I get. https://circle.so/ https://circle.so/ (followed by a number of child entries and links) https://go.circle.so/coaching/ https://go.circle.so/coaching/ https://guruscoach.com/circle-so-review/ https://guruscoach.com/circle-so-review/ https://help.circle.so/c/getting-started https://help.circle.so/c/getting-started https://redeemingproductivity.com/circle-review/ https://redeemingproductivity.com/circle-review/ https://circle.so/events/ https://circle.so/events/ https://community.circle.so/c/tutorials/ https://community.circle.so/c/tutorials/ https://community.circle.so/c/product-updates/introducing-live-streams-events-paywalls-more https://community.circle.so/c/product-updates/introducing-li... https://circle.so/mobile/ https://circle.so/mobile/ https://circle.so/pricing/ https://circle.so/pricing/ I would guess even if DDG protects your privacy, it would use information (perhaps search and or site history) the browser is broadcasting regardless to filter results it pipes to the end point. For example I never see quora results (honestly it's been some years so I'd forgotten they existed still) as some members in this thread were annoyed with and paid to be done with them ... then again I'm cheap and would use search terms -site:quora.com