Comment on The Verge shows how Google search is useless
JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world 4 months agoI 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.
Kyouki@lemmy.world 4 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.
skulblaka@startrek.website 4 months ago
I don’t know what “right” key wording you want if not the exact model and part number.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 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.winkerjadams@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
“DDG likes to ignore parts of your query to get more results.”
Wow sounds extremely useful and like a feature I want. I love searching for something specific and they are like “did you mean totally unrelated thing?”