boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoResearchers confirm what we already knew: Google results really are getting worsewww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1644arrow-down112cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1632arrow-down1external-linkResearchers confirm what we already knew: Google results really are getting worsewww.theregister.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square101fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-squaredunz@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·edit-211 months agoI use Qwant for my searches. I find the results better than DDG. https://www.qwant.com/
minus-squarerdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·11 months ago Thanks for your visit Unfortunately we are not yet available in your country. And no way to set my country.
minus-squareaffiliate@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoyou could set your country with a vpn 😎
minus-squarerdri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·11 months agoThat’s less than optimal, for a website that is to be used as a search engine.
minus-squareGot_Bent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·11 months agoWhoa. I did a search that would inevitably bring nothing but sponsored bullshit on Google - “best tires” My results were cartalk, consumer reports, cnet, and the consumer insider. Nary a national chain trying to sell me something in sight.
minus-squareslumberlust@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoAren’t all of those sites just more adverts masquerading as information?
minus-squarebaseless_discourse@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoI think they got removed from privacy guide unfortunately. https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/pull/342 I want to support a European based service, but unfortunately I have to stick with DDG for now.
minus-squaremaness300@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·11 months agoI wonder why Firefox isn’t listed in their mobile web browsers.
minus-squarebaseless_discourse@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoThey actually explained that Android browsers must use the Chromium engine. Unfortunately, Mozilla GeckoView is still less secure than Chromium on Android. probably referring to the lack of pre-process site isolation on firefox.
minus-squareToldry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months ago“DDG” refers to DuckDuckGo just writing this for others who might’ve been confused like i was before looking it up
I use Qwant for my searches. I find the results better than DDG. https://www.qwant.com/
And no way to set my country.
you could set your country with a vpn 😎
That’s less than optimal, for a website that is to be used as a search engine.
Whoa. I did a search that would inevitably bring nothing but sponsored bullshit on Google - “best tires”
My results were cartalk, consumer reports, cnet, and the consumer insider.
Nary a national chain trying to sell me something in sight.
Aren’t all of those sites just more adverts masquerading as information?
I think they got removed from privacy guide unfortunately.
https://github.com/privacyguides/privacyguides.org/pull/342
I want to support a European based service, but unfortunately I have to stick with DDG for now.
I wonder why Firefox isn’t listed in their mobile web browsers.
They actually explained that
probably referring to the lack of pre-process site isolation on firefox.
“DDG” refers to DuckDuckGo
just writing this for others who might’ve been confused like i was before looking it up