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submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@vlemmy.net to c/news@beehaw.org

cross-posted from: https://vlemmy.net/post/317922

Alternate title: Google admits Reddit protests make it harder to find helpful search results

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[-] HeapOfDogs@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago

Google as a search engine is more or less dead. I was only really using Google to search reddit. Now that I'm done with reddit... There goes Google.

[-] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 5 points 1 year ago

Google removing the "do no evil" from their ethos was a very clear indication of the direction they were heading.

[-] cnnrduncan@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

"Don't be evil" is still in Google's Code of Conduct, it's just been at the end of the document rather than the start since 2018.

Google did evil shit before and after the change, it's not quite the big deal that some people make it out to be!

[-] tko@tkohhh.social 2 points 1 year ago

What's your preferred alternative? I use DuckDuckGo, and it's... OK. I still often switch over to Google when I'm having a hard time finding relevant results on DDG.

[-] MrComradeTaco@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
[-] 601error@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

Checked it out, stopped reading at “blockchain”.

[-] jarfil@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

SearXNG. It's a meta-search aggregator, you can use any public instance (the config is all in-browser) or host your own for kind of extra privacy.

[-] Raeyin@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

It seems to depend on the type of search. For ordinary information, I'm using DuckDuckGo. For shopping, I go to Google, but the results aren't great. I'm undecided for serious research.

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