What’s your opinion? Does google really “not work” anymore? Are there any better search engines? Why did the quality of search results go down? I honestly stumbled onto this question through this music video, what is ironic in it’s own way i feel…

  • SimonSing@beehaw.org
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    2 years ago

    Google is almost impossible to use when I search for solutions to maths problems. The first few pages are dominated by those sites gaming Google’s algorithm and their articles usually don’t help.

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      2 years ago

      Yup. DDG is my go to. Every once in a while I have to use Google, but it’s rare.

      Also, buy the Wolfram Alpha app if you want math problems solved easily.

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        2 years ago

        Does anybody else find when using DDG for research that it’s waaay too aggressive about “correcting” your query to something more mundane?

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              Yeah, but DDG uses Bing. I want to switch to Kagi or start a SearXNG server though once I get around to it.

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                I have been using Kagi for a month. Really liking it so far! I just subscribed to their basic plan. Much better results than DDG.