Post AVFOrsKlTP8yzLMAr2 by otheorange_tag@mstdn.social
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(DIR) Post #AVFHcGKZmnYt6KsPOy by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
2023-05-02T13:15:52Z
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Hey all. I know people have been talking about some issues with DuckDuckGo recently; what exactly is going on with it? (I'm writing a piece about search engines is why.)
(DIR) Post #AVFIQgqDUmHlnhioiW by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
2023-05-02T13:24:59Z
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@pyrox OK thanks! That helps clear things up.
(DIR) Post #AVFIhwkBcfEm2r86s4 by Linux_in_a_Bit@linuxrocks.online
2023-05-02T13:27:02Z
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@calculsoberic Bing and Yandex happened?https://www.searchenginemap.comBtw, Brave switched exclusively to its own index.
(DIR) Post #AVFIwe4DLTYeSmVT4C by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
2023-05-02T13:30:47Z
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@Linux_in_a_Bit Thanks.
(DIR) Post #AVFLAUn2pjIlebCwQS by rhfinearts@mstdn.social
2023-05-02T13:55:41Z
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@calculsoberic Just noticed these is an announcement about problems with media storage
(DIR) Post #AVFMnpKwTV4SctNiQC by bitcodavid@hachyderm.io
2023-05-02T14:09:03Z
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@calculsoberic Please post what you find. I'd be interested. I've had no problems with DDG, and Google is Satan.
(DIR) Post #AVFMrepHUlA1BcOn7A by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
2023-05-02T14:14:43Z
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@bitcodavid https://social.pyrox.dev/objects/8ee53cab-77e4-44e3-9f56-5217003722d5 this is what I was thinking of, actually!
(DIR) Post #AVFNxA9sWvI3lPDpk8 by bitcodavid@hachyderm.io
2023-05-02T14:21:02Z
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@calculsoberic Now that you mention it, I have noticed that. It never occurred to me before, I guess. It is too bad.
(DIR) Post #AVFOrsKlTP8yzLMAr2 by otheorange_tag@mstdn.social
2023-05-02T14:37:07Z
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@calculsoberic Don't know if I gave you my 2cents. In the late 90s I could search for stuff important to me (schematics of obscure electronics to fix them, etc) all search engines were very regexpr-like, and I didn't get results for wiperblades or p0rn when trying to fix my old HP printer. Now it's all complete SHT!! Someone needs to write a regexpr and nothing else search enging. DDG is better, yes, or it was.
(DIR) Post #AVFP2PtlXI8tyzkqZM by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
2023-05-02T14:38:49Z
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@otheorange_tag I have noticed that too; part of it may be that sponsored results are showing up first. I find that dorking helps with this sometimes.
(DIR) Post #AVFPGj90mENTj8i2ym by otheorange_tag@mstdn.social
2023-05-02T14:41:38Z
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@calculsoberic Oh, probably not exactly related but online stores are TERRIBLE if you are looking for an obscure part and the engine can't find it, you will get really random stuff. Miev battery upgrade will walk you through old people products (I just made that up, but close to that)
(DIR) Post #AVFPMgoaLnt0EvzxVg by calculsoberic@mstdn.social
2023-05-02T14:42:34Z
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@otheorange_tag it also may depend on which search engine/metasearch engine you're using, like maybe try Searx or Metager and see if the results are different.
(DIR) Post #AVFTDjQFgbnhXNbIki by BramMeehan@ohai.social
2023-05-02T15:14:08Z
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@calculsoberic Just going to add to the anecdata that I'm finding search results are increasingly useless, even just straight-up wrong.
(DIR) Post #AVFV9vbaeGia4WDa1Q by Wortex17@mastodon.gamedev.place
2023-05-02T15:34:03Z
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@otheorange_tag @calculsoberic that would be funny because miev sounds like "mief" which in German means, "smelly" very often conflated with old things and people (as in "old people smell")