512

Using Google whilst Duck Duck Go is down. How long has Google been this bad? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 months ago by makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

167 comments fedilink hide all child comments

So ddg is down, so I visit Google. It's been some years.

I just can't believe how poor it's results are, and how it's trying to suggest things it think I might also want (and failing miserably).

I just assumed ddg would be the lesser, but I use it for privacy. Turns out I'm wrong.

How long has Google been this bad?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] gmalette@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

Id argue it’s also shit for buying things because it will only give you products with paid ads. It’s useless to discover adjacent products or finding different sources.

[-] Microw@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago

And in web search when searching for a product it gives you dozens of "product tests" pages that are actually paid SEO articles. No, that page that shares a name with a newspaper has not actually tested what the best dishwasher in 2024 is.

[-] smackjack@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I don't think Google can be beat when it comes to searching local businesses, but otherwise you might as well go straight to Wikipedia.

[-] gmalette@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

Yeah I’ll concede that, Google is still good for local business and maps.

this post was submitted on 23 May 2024

512 points (97.9% liked)

Asklemmy

43944 readers

718 users here now

A loosely moderated place to ask open-ended questions

Search asklemmy 🔍

If your post meets the following criteria, it's welcome here!

Open-ended question
Not offensive: at this point, we do not have the bandwidth to moderate overtly political discussions. Assume best intent and be excellent to each other.
Not regarding using or support for Lemmy: context, see the list of support communities and tools for finding communities below
Not ad nauseam inducing: please make sure it is a question that would be new to most members
An actual topic of discussion

Looking for support?

Looking for a community?

Lemmyverse: community search
sub.rehab: maps old subreddits to fediverse options, marks official as such
!lemmy411@lemmy.ca: a community for finding communities

~Icon~ ~by~ ~@Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de~

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS