Post ApfVr7LkV0Hbez6umW by akoaroha@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #ApfUTn33iI6i57gIDI by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-01-02T10:04:04Z
       
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       Searched for "Movie Oubliette" on Brave, got the podcast homepage at movieoubliette.com towards the top of the first page. Searching the same keywords on DDG (now a front-end for Bing) gave me links to FarceBook, InstaGrim, grApple Podcasts, Chains, SoundClod, YouTub, PodFollow, Patreon, and then YouTube Musak, in that order.I scrolled down for 5 pages, still no results that weren't to corporate platforms. Have I mentioned web search is f&%ked these days?#search #WebSearch
       
 (DIR) Post #ApfVr7LkV0Hbez6umW by akoaroha@mastodon.social
       2025-01-02T10:19:57Z
       
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       @strypey If I use my work laptop instead of my phone there is a notable difference in result quality! It’s like having two very different internets (one is borked).
       
 (DIR) Post #Apgp8xxgEepY2i2Lc8 by nu@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-01-03T01:30:45Z
       
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       @strypey I used the same search in google (predictive search got it on the 9th letter), and the first result is the https://www[.]movieoubliette[.]com/ website, with no AI results in sight.(Android, Firefox, piehole) What am I doing right/wrong/different?
       
 (DIR) Post #Aph1iTApNeaqQkslM0 by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-01-03T03:51:36Z
       
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       @nu > What am I doing right/wrong/different?Using Goggle, which for years I've utterly refuse to do. Even via a privacy front-end like StartPage. Although it does sound like their search is at least as good as Brave, and if I'm using Bing with a privacy front-end (DDG), I guess there's no reason not to use StartPage.Decentralised web search remains the holy grail for me though. This is an essential function and one we need to de-corporatise.
       
 (DIR) Post #Aph1nBvMwNK6Neu3RA by strypey@mastodon.nzoss.nz
       2025-01-03T03:52:12Z
       
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       @nu > What am I doing right/wrong/different?Using Goggle, which for years I've utterly refused to do. Even via a privacy front-end like StartPage. Although it does sound like their search is at least as good as Brave, and if I'm using Bing with a privacy front-end (DDG), I guess there's no reason not to use StartPage.Decentralised web search remains the holy grail for me though. This is an essential function and one we need to de-corporatise.#search