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So ddg is down, so I visit Google. It's been some years.

I just can't believe how poor it's results are, and how it's trying to suggest things it think I might also want (and failing miserably).

I just assumed ddg would be the lesser, but I use it for privacy. Turns out I'm wrong.

How long has Google been this bad?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Maybe it's not only a search engine problem, but a content problem. There's less and less useful content on the web nowadays

[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Ehh I wouldn't say so. There's still plenty of good content around, especially if you're trying to learn. The issue is that there's also a lot of bad content, a lot from garbage ai generated nonsense and a lot from low quality content that plays the seo manipulation game.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

The proportion of good content to bad content has taken a steep nosedive to be sure.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

This is what millionshort.com was supposed to help with, but now you need an account for it.