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DAE feel like DuckDuckGo is now just as good as google for the vast majority of searches?

Not because DDG got better, but just because google got worse.

google is still better for site-specific searches, and google scholar still has minimal AI slop

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  • I feel like its better than google. I switched to DDG a couple years ago. 6 months ago I did a trial run with a self hosted search that only used google as a back end, the results felt like garbage

  • Compared to a few years ago, it’s better. Some websites still aren’t indexed, and even by entering their name exactly, they don’t show. Google doesn’t have this problem.

    Brave search is also pretty good

  • ive been using it consistently for the past few years. it works well for me, but sometimes ill go to other engines just to see what they come up with, or when results are lacking. sometimes they are better, sometimes they are worse.

    meaning ddg is probably good enough nowadays, at least for me.

    • You probably already know this, but you can use search "bangs" to search other websites from ddg.

      For example, to search google, you would put !g or !google at the start of your search.

      • i do! it transformed my address bar, i sometimes use other engines through ddg now. its the main reason its my search provider.

  • It has been for several years now. I rarely use Google now, and when I do, I'm using it out of DuckDuckGo (!g)

  • I use it for almost everything. I only resort to Google if I can't find what I'm looking for, which is rare and typically it's something obscure. Google has also steadily made their service worse over the years. I don't feel like I am missing much.

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