• iAmTheTot@kbin.social
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    7 months ago

    What are y’all searching for that Google search isn’t working for you anymore? Like, genuinely, I’m baffled by this.

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      7 months ago

      Torrents, modded apk’s,…

      Check out my results for some chinese download service called “Content Plaza” for example:

      Google:

      Yandex:

      Like, 2? On the ‘entire’ internet? 2? Right…

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      7 months ago

      Google straight up lies to me about movies an actor has been in, almost every time. “Wow, I had no idea Robert Downey Jr was in Mean Girls! Who did he play?” checks imdb “no he fuckin wasn’t wtf google” (this is an arbitrary example I just made up because I don’t feel like finding a real one right now)

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          I mean if they got it right it would be a handy feature lol, but yes it clearly can’t be trusted so I stopped bothering

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            7 months ago

            Right. I just think it was overly ambitious. It’s right just enough to earn trust and wrong just enough to burn you. I had a really, really dumb argument once because of that feature

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            7 months ago

            Is he not slated for season two? I thought that robot he voiced was going to be in it, I remember reading some article months ago though I admit I only have a passing interest in the show.

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              7 months ago

              I see speculation but nothing solid. I think google is pulling from the rumors, which it really shouldn’t. If he is slated then that’s fine, let me know if you find anything

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                7 months ago

                I don’t actually care enough to go looking into it, I was just mentioning what I remember reading.

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                  7 months ago

                  yes that’s why I made up an arbitrary example of something I had experienced firsthand

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                    7 months ago

                    Me not caring enough to confirm if Alan Tudyk is going to be in the second season of a show I haven’t even watched is not a good excuse for you to just make up shit to try to make a point.

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      7 months ago

      I use DDG and if the result is not what I’m looking for, I add !g to forward the query to Google.

      80% of the times, I need to add !g because DDG is clueless.

      I wish I could say otherwise but Google search results are still better overall than DDG.

      Sure, for some specific thematics, DDG will do better. But that’s for quite niche subjects.

      Very surprised to see people talk about DDG like it’s at the same level or better than Google.

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      7 months ago

      I made the switch to DDG a few days ago and it actually is insane how much more relevant the information is compared to google.