Comment on Firefox Partners with Qwant for a Better Web(?)

akilou@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• bluespin@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  DDG is abysmal for technical subjects such as programming. When searching for anything mildly specific in that arena, I nearly always need to re-search on a different engine to find anything useful

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• Maven@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  DDG has fallen off HARD recently. They definitely aren’t what they used to be.

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  • akilou@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve used it every day for years and I haven’t noticed a difference

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    • Maven@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Mostly just results quality and starting to push more ads instead of real results. I can’t provide any real stats but I have been very frustrated with it and had to switch out and I know a few others who had.

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  • whiskers@lemmings.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Care to explain more?

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    • Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m not that guy, but I recently switched off of DDG because I’ve been getting so frustrated with the results quality. I’m not sure if it actually got worse or not, I just know it’s not good enough.

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      • doublejay1999@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I can pretty much dismiss the 1st page of results as SEO cheats or sponsors

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    • Maven@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Like the other guy said. Results quality and pushing more ads instead of results.

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• hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  DDG also has a partnership with Firefox. It’s one of the selectable engines included in Firefox (at least in the US).

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