Protests broke Reddit hack for useful Google search results—and Google knows it
Protests broke Reddit hack for useful Google search results—and Google knows it
Search term + Reddit = John Oliver?

cross-posted from: https://vlemmy.net/post/317922
Alternate title: Google admits Reddit protests make it harder to find helpful search results
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HeapOfDogs @beehaw.org Google as a search engine is more or less dead. I was only really using Google to search reddit. Now that I'm done with reddit... There goes Google.
11 0 ReplyTheButtonJustSpins @infosec.pub Google removing the "do no evil" from their ethos was a very clear indication of the direction they were heading.
4 0 Replycnnrduncan @beehaw.org "Don't be evil" is still in Google's Code of Conduct, it's just been at the end of the document rather than the start since 2018.
Google did evil shit before and after the change, it's not quite the big deal that some people make it out to be!
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tko @tkohhh.social
What's your preferred alternative? I use DuckDuckGo, and it's... OK. I still often switch over to Google when I'm having a hard time finding relevant results on DDG.
2 0 Replyjarfil @lemmy.ml SearXNG. It's a meta-search aggregator, you can use any public instance (the config is all in-browser) or host your own for kind of extra privacy.
1 0 Reply𝕸𝖗. 𝕮𝖔𝖒𝖗𝖆𝖉𝖊 𝕿𝖆𝖈𝖔 @lemmy.fmhy.ml Presearch
1 0 Reply601error @lemmy.ca
Checked it out, stopped reading at “blockchain”.
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Raeyin @beehaw.org It seems to depend on the type of search. For ordinary information, I'm using DuckDuckGo. For shopping, I go to Google, but the results aren't great. I'm undecided for serious research.
0 0 ReplyShameless Genius @mastodon.social
@Raeyin Try Startpage
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exscape @kbin.social
What are you using now?
0 0 ReplyRandoCalrandian @kbin.social
DuckDuckGo
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