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submitted 2 years ago by doubtingtammy@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

To be honest with you, I didn't even know that was a feature. (Unless I'm misunderstanding you.) Sounds cool!

If I need to search a website, I use either Ctrl+F or the site: search engine operator.

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[–] Lyra_Lycan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Yes, I'm so glad that operators like site: and before: are supported. Necessary for weeding out a few bad results aha

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[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I'm still salty that Google and most other search engines have cut out some of the boolean operators over the last decade or so.

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