I still don’t think it’s talked about enough how useless Google search is becoming. It genuinely infuriates me on a daily basis.
That’s on us. We switched to DuckDuckGo and forgot to leave a note.
I do find it really noticable when I accidentally use Google on a new browser install, and get worse results.
Edit: Which is a change. I used to feel like I was accepting slightly worse results on DuckDuckGo to get more privacy. But today, it just feels a bit better than Google, to me.
Ddg has really gone downhill lately too. They’ve started injecting ads for local businesses that are completely unrelated to the search terms. Like not even a single word in common. And they serve them as regular search results so you can’t even block them.
Actually now that I’m thinking about it, I actually haven’t seen those in a month or two …
Heh. I VPN enough that had not noticed the local business ads, as of yet.
On the non-targeted ads, I always figure if the business is dumb enough to pay for such a poor quality match, to subsidize a tool I like using, then that’s a win for everybody.
That’s on us. We switched to DuckDuckGo and forgot to leave a note.
I do find it really noticable when I accidentally use Google on a new browser install, and get worse results.
Edit: Which is a change. I used to feel like I was accepting slightly worse results on DuckDuckGo to get more privacy. But today, it just feels a bit better than Google, to me.
Ddg has really gone downhill lately too. They’ve started injecting ads for local businesses that are completely unrelated to the search terms. Like not even a single word in common. And they serve them as regular search results so you can’t even block them.
Actually now that I’m thinking about it, I actually haven’t seen those in a month or two …
There’s also so much Microsoft crap now. Why do all news articles and videos send you to Microsoft Start or whatever it’s called?
Heh. I VPN enough that had not noticed the local business ads, as of yet.
On the non-targeted ads, I always figure if the business is dumb enough to pay for such a poor quality match, to subsidize a tool I like using, then that’s a win for everybody.