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Results in Duckduckgo have changed? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by zerozaku@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I'm finding the results are not helpful as they used to be and sometimes way past the topic I'm searching. This is very prevalent when I'm searching for pirate sites. I'm falling back to Searxng whenever this occurs.

Has anyone noticed it too? Has DDG upped their moderation?

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[–] toddestan@lemm.ee 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'd say their search results have been in decline for some time now, though quality has taken a particularly big hit the past year or so. I'd switch to someone else, but I haven't found a decent alternative yet. As poor as DDG's results are, they are still a few rungs above the rubbish Google spits out.

[–] zerozaku@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Use Searxng. I always wanted to branch out of DDG and now this is push I needed.

[–] LydiaChlamydia@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I’ve always used SearXNG and I love it. The only issue that every once in a while an instance stops working and you have to switch, I imagine this isn’t an issue if you self host though