I Finally Changed My Default Search Engine to DuckDuckGo

[Carl in Michigan]

Short reason: Google's search results are filled with Quora and Reddit. These are FORUMS, not legitimated search results people want when searching out a topic.

I've been wondering why these sites are filling the first page of Google for nearly every search. Now I know.

 

[progressive hunter]

Short reason: Google's search results are filled with Quora and Reddit. These are FORUMS, not legitimated search results people want when searching out a topic.

I've been wondering why these sites are filling the first page of Google for nearly every search. Now I know.

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hows it looking so far??

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Short reason: Google's search results are filled with Quora and Reddit. These are FORUMS, not legitimated search results people want when searching out a topic.

I've been wondering why these sites are filling the first page of Google for nearly every search. Now I know.

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The Duck is a far superior experience, IMO. Just its not tracking its users is a plus~

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

hows it looking so far??

DuckDuckGo — Privacy, simplified.

The Internet privacy company that empowers you to seamlessly take control of your personal information online, without any tradeoffs.

duckduckgo.com

 

[Carl in Michigan]

hows it looking so far??

Google needs to lose its top status. They think they're invincible now

 

[EvilEyeFleegle]

Google needs to lose its top status. They think they're invincible now

Everything that goes through Google is food for A.I.--everything~

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

Congrats. Welcome to the True Patriots Club.

Easy now...I side with Conservatives, I vote with Conservatives BUT they are the most nutless, spinless, big mouth pieces of shit that ever were. Come on man...they didn’t have the balls to keep heterosexual white Christians cool in a nation founded, built, run and funded by heterosexual white Christians. The Left has owned their sackless asses for decades....Sad but true.

 

[odanny]

There is probably no corporation on earth that is better at tracking the flow of information and people than Google is.

Naturally, all of their customers will be, by default, tracked and monitored.

 

[BasicHumanUnit]

There is probably no corporation on earth that is better at tracking the flow of information and people than Google is.

Naturally, all of their customers will be, by default, tracked and monitored.

I dunno.
Facebook does a pretty damn good job of finding out every thing about you and everyone you know as well.
And they heavily;y censor those who don't love Socialism and the Far Left ideology.

Yet Most on the Right remain fiercely loyal to Facebook and use it daily. Truly natural born losers.

 

[MarcATL]

I'm going to watch this video later.

 

[Rawley]

Short reason: Google's search results are filled with Quora and Reddit. These are FORUMS, not legitimated search results people want when searching out a topic.

I've been wondering why these sites are filling the first page of Google for nearly every search. Now I know.

I've been using it for a couple of years now. No complaints.

 

[Crepitus]

I Finally Changed My Default Search Engine to DuckDuckGo​

And deeper into the echo chamber he goes...

 

[Harpy Eagle]

And they heavily;y censor those who don't love Socialism and the Far Left ideology.

They do a damn shitty job of it. 90% of the "friends" on FB are far right or right.

 

[Procrustes Stretched]

Short reason: Google's search results are filled with Quora and Reddit. These are FORUMS, not legitimated search results people want when searching out a topic.

I've been wondering why these sites are filling the first page of Google for nearly every search. Now I know.

Must you ruin everything that is good?

 

[Carl in Michigan]

There is probably no corporation on earth that is better at tracking the flow of information and people than Google is.

Naturally, all of their customers will be, by default, tracked and monitored.

My issue isn't the tracking as much as the poor, filtered search results.

 

[Missourian]

Short reason: Google's search results are filled with Quora and Reddit. These are FORUMS, not legitimated search results people want when searching out a topic.

I've been wondering why these sites are filling the first page of Google for nearly every search. Now I know.

Duckduckgo promotes censorship.

DuckDuckGo slammed for downrating Russian search results - Washington Examiner

Users of the privacy-focused search engine DuckDuckGo are accusing it of censorship over its decision to downrank Russian propaganda. DuckDuckGo founder Gabriel Weinberg's Wednesday announcement that the search engine would update its search results so websites known for spreading Russian...

www.washingtonexaminer.com

Try Brave.

What is Brave Search? | Brave

AI-powered answers; results you actually want, served from an independent index; and real privacy. On mobile, desktop, and anywhere the web takes you, Brave Search is the real alternative to Google.

brave.com

Or Searx(.)org

searx.org

SearXNG — a privacy-respecting, open metasearch engine

www.searx.org

 

[Billiejeens]

Didn't Alphabet quietly purchase DuckDuckGo awhile back?

 

[DudleySmith]

I like the Quora and Reddit personally, but yeah, you get different results with Duck. Same with Brave. Haven't tried MG or searx.org. Lately I spend more time downloading stuff from HEARTH and archive.org, before the whole net gets put behind paywalls, though.

 

[Carl in Michigan]

Why they're tinkering with the search results:

The Man Who Killed Google Search

Wanna listen to this story instead? Check out this week's Better Offline podcast, "The Man That Destroyed Google Search," available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else you get your podcasts. This is the story of how Google Search died, and the people responsible for killing it. The...

www.wheresyoured.at

 

[Carl in Michigan]

According to the article above, Googles decline in usable search results began when they hired this man:

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Do you want to know what Prabhakar Raghavan’s old job was? What Prabhakar Raghavan, the new head of Google Search, the guy that has run Google Search into the ground, the guy who is currently destroying search, did before his job at Google?

He was the head of search for Yahoo from 2005 through 2012 — a tumultuous period that cemented its terminal decline, and effectively saw the company bow out of the search market altogether. His responsibilities? Research and development for Yahoo's search and ads products