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Google doesn't work anymore ? (www.youtube.com)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/technology@beehaw.org
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What's your opinion? Does google really "not work" anymore? Are there any better search engines? Why did the quality of search results go down? I honestly stumbled onto this question through this music video, what is ironic in it's own way i feel...

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[–] 26 points 3 years ago (8 children)

Google is almost impossible to use when I search for solutions to maths problems. The first few pages are dominated by those sites gaming Google's algorithm and their articles usually don't help.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    Yup. DDG is my go to. Every once in a while I have to use Google, but it's rare.

    Also, buy the Wolfram Alpha app if you want math problems solved easily.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (5 children)

    Does anybody else find when using DDG for research that it's waaay too aggressive about "correcting" your query to something more mundane?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    This is why I switched to startpage

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Doesn't it just query Google behind the scenes, though?

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Yeah, but DDG uses Bing. I want to switch to Kagi or start a SearXNG server though once I get around to it.

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