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Google search has dropped so much in quality, that it's almost down to where it was before I switched to it. Altavista, Dogpile, InktoMe are no more, alas... I guess I'm going to have to use Bing or Yandex fairly soon if the trend continues.

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Lol up until two years ago I thought that Bing was a joke and could be only used to find porn. I have to probably reconsider it and give props to Microsoft in this case.

Google Search has seriously become super bad, unfortunately :(

I use DDG, powered by Bing! I recommend it.

Yeah, I remember when Bing was a joke. Joke's increasingly on Google. Google stopped hiring the best and brightest, and instead started optimizing for maximizing headcount. Product quality followed years later. It's a deep hole to dig out of, and I'm not sure the top knows how to dig in the right direction.

I too use DDG, but usually the results are meh. But compared to Google (now) it is waaay better.

I still miss the "old days" Google though :(

i switched to DDG a few months ago. i liked it initially but lately i haven't been satisfied with the results. the only reason i'm still using DDG is the bangs, colorscheme and vi-keys.

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