• r_se_random@sh.itjust.works
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    6 months ago

    Anecdotal evidence, but I swapped out Google for DDG about 5-6 years back and haven’t missed it. I do use Google sometimes but it’s once in 4-5 months when DDG fails me, which is acceptable to me.

    • omnomed@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Same here, I can usually find everything within the first 3-4 entries unless it’s a bit too abstract than it ends up at the bottom of the 1st page. I don’t understand people complaining about it so much as I depend on search engines for day to day and work related stuff so literally several times everyday. Although it’s possible I got used to how it works but if so then I would have had to swap between ddg and google alot if the quality actually was that low.

    • Bleeping Lobster@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      Yeah I’m the same. I’ve got DDG set as my default search, if the results aren’t useful then I go to google as backup.

    • S_204@lemm.ee
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      6 months ago

      DDG just kinda sucks for basic information. When I took up a business, google gives me the location, phone number and some relevant information about the business. DDG gives me their website.