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submitted 3 months ago by doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[-] spacemanspiffy@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Yes, mostly, except that programming related searches have really gone downhill in DDG for me.

[-] miridius@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

That's a low bar, google sucks now

[-] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I use StartPage because it does image search, and none of the AI BS.

[-] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Nah, the results are still consistently much worse imo (excluding sponsored results from Google), and I use DDG daily

[-] Alpha71@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Better.

this post was submitted on 15 Mar 2025

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