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DAE feel like DuckDuckGo is now just as good as google for the vast majority of searches? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by 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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[โ€“] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

I feel the same except Google is worse due to higher number of ads in results and most SEO prioritizes Google over Bing meaning more Google results are AI spam articles.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I feel the same except Google is worse due to higher number of ads in results

    I generally don't see ads due to uBlock Origin. Or am I just not noticing them? Lol.

    and most SEO prioritizes Google over Bing meaning more Google results are AI spam articles.

    I will give you that. But I find that's the case with DDG too which is why I'm having to rely more and more on search operators like site:. I agree that it's really annoying.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    I generally don't see ads due to uBlock Origin. Or am I just not noticing them? Lol.

    I'm talking about the results as ads(paid for result ranking). Not as much a thing in DDG but google, they're awful and you get maybe 2 results a page that aren't paid promotion.

    Freya Holmer did a good video on AI/SEO i think touches a little on this...

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