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> I normally use Bing when Google fails to yield results...

Every once in a while I hear someone at Hacker News hitting the dead end with Google Search. Can you give an example where Google search fails, but other search engines (e.g. Bing) provide results? Must be fringe niche topics, no?

>... or decides to hellban me for searching too specifically

Is hellbanning a thing at Google? What happens if one gets hellbanned?

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IC part numbers. Service manuals (NOT user manuals). Schematics. Basically anything repair or non-consumer-oriented seems to be difficult to find, but at least in the past, I've had some success with Bing on those things.

Is hellbanning a thing at Google? What happens if one gets hellbanned?

You get redirected to a page with allegations of "suspicious activity" and are presented with endless CAPTCHAs.

> You get redirected to a page with allegations of "suspicious activity" and are presented with endless CAPTCHAs.

I always took a bit of pride when that happened. Having google think that the searches are as systematic as what a computer would generate is high praise.

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