Comment on The Verge shows how Google search is useless

• JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I use DDG but i do wonder what i dont see sometimes, i often google a specific brand of components at work and even with the exact brand and/or part number in the search it sometimes doesnt turn up any results (say 5-7 random unrelated webpages) and thats it. Then i put the same search in google and bam, top result.

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  • Kyouki@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That’s what I said - the right key wording. It’s pretty strict, whereas Google’s results sometimes are a tiny bit more loose understanding of what you roughly mean. Though not always, and on Google I found myself often just adding “Reddit” for specifics. Though really really depends on what you search.

    For me DDG offers a lot more than just search results, the bangs and features like I added a script to directly port my questions to some AI is really useful.

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    • skulblaka@startrek.website ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t know what “right” key wording you want if not the exact model and part number.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Quotes help. So “model” “part number” since those force them to be in the results. DDG likes to ignore parts of your query to get more results.

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