• WhoIsTheDrizzle@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    While I do appreciate this, their search results aren’t great. I hate to say this, but even with horrible AI forward results, Google still returns better and more relevant results. I’ll still use ddg first but it generally leaves me wanting.

    • Repple (she/her)@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      Yeah I tried switching to ddg and ecosia several times and had the same experience, especially for technical searches. I’m trying Kagi right now and it seems better, but haven’t done too many technical ones yet, so we’ll see on that front

    • VinegarChunks@lemmus.org
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      2 days ago

      I always default to DDG, and it gets me what I need 80% of the time. If not, do the search again with !g at the end and DDG will forward the search to Google

    • YawningNostalgia@thelemmy.club
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      3 days ago

      Usually if I search anything seriously, like for work, I use journals that require a subscription that I access through my institution. If I’m trying to find a funny meme, that’s different. Google is fine for the casual stuff, but since I just don’t like them DuckDuckGo seems like an acceptable alternative even though I’ve found it slightly less effective.