Damage comments on Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find

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[–] Damage@feddit.it 5 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Idk, I use DDG as my default, but I find myself adding !g to many queries after checking out the first page of results; so much so that my brain has made such a strong connection to "!g -> better results" that I often find myself automatically typing it in Google as well when my results are unsatisfactory.

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[–] theherk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I had that same habit a few years back, but have not had that problem for some time. DDG seems to generally provide the results I seek.

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[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (2 children)

Does !g cause DuckDuckGo to search through Google's search results - and if so does DDG do a better job of prioritizing the relevant ones? I've used DDG for a couple years but I didn't know that syntax.

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[–] lloram239@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago

!g just redirects you to Google search. DDG itself is just Bing with extra marketing. If you want Google+cleanup you have to use Kagi, which gathers its results by combining different sources.

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[–] Damage@feddit.it 1 point 2 years ago

!g redirects to Google search

With !bang you can search all shortcuts like this

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