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Not because DDG got better, but just because google got worse.

google is still better for site-specific searches, and google scholar still has minimal AI slop

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[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

I feel the same except Google is worse due to higher number of ads in results and most SEO prioritizes Google over Bing meaning more Google results are AI spam articles.

[-] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

I feel the same except Google is worse due to higher number of ads in results

I generally don't see ads due to uBlock Origin. Or am I just not noticing them? Lol.

and most SEO prioritizes Google over Bing meaning more Google results are AI spam articles.

I will give you that. But I find that's the case with DDG too which is why I'm having to rely more and more on search operators like site:. I agree that it's really annoying.

[-] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I generally don't see ads due to uBlock Origin. Or am I just not noticing them? Lol.

I'm talking about the results as ads(paid for result ranking). Not as much a thing in DDG but google, they're awful and you get maybe 2 results a page that aren't paid promotion.

Freya Holmer did a good video on AI/SEO i think touches a little on this...

Oh that.

Yeaaaah that gets kind of annoying I imagine...

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