• avatar@lemmy.zip
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    6 hours ago

    I tried switching to DDG for a month or so and I felt like the search results were not quite right, and google was at least equivalent quality, but more often just better.

    It was a huge shame because I don’t want to stay on google for all the reasons everyone is talking about.

    I asked someone else who tried to switch away from google and they said the same thing.

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      5 hours ago

      That was my experience the first time i switched but i insisted cause my hate to google prevailed. What i felt at the moment is that google had so many aid for searching that 1: it kind of de-trained me in how to properly use keywords and 2: was great for searching common stuff but made search too convergent.

      This is just based on vibes and feelings, so it could very easily be a lot of nonsense.

      Now trying it back, i feel it off, as I said, but it could also be that i just got acustom to how DDG works. The thing is, not a single result on fisrt page was on topic.