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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat search engine do you use.
I switched from Google to Bing because Google was forcing results that had more to do with advertising than with a good answer.
I liked Bing, but the last six months or so, I think they turned over more of the search to AI and the results have gone down hill, multi word searches don't have any logic to what the combined words mean.
I am now using Duck Duck Go. Not great and their map is crap.
So what are people using, and do they like it?
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Think. Again.
(14,902 posts)...and my go to browser is always one of the Mozilla Firefox options, again, no problems at all- much cleaner, quicker and with more of a sense of security than the digital giants.
edhopper
(34,381 posts)I like the add ons.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,105 posts)Not sure what you mean by Google results having more to do with advertising than with a good answer.
I don't seem to see that much advertising on the Google. Maybe I'm just extremely good at ignoring it.
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edhopper
(34,381 posts)seemed more to do with who advertises with them than the best answer.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,105 posts)How do you?
edhopper
(34,381 posts)it's not the best site but a corporate one. A lot of times Amazon is the top response. Just a sense I get from the results.
EYESORE 9001
(27,130 posts)I was disappointed to find that it uses Bing for shopping searches. Fortunately, I dont use it for shopping much. The maps come from Mapquest, which I dont like either, but there you go.
brer cat
(25,557 posts)spockeye
(242 posts)Tadpole Raisin
(1,289 posts)Brave and really like it.
Otherwise DuckDuckGo, Safari, Firefox, and sometimes Opera.
Opera main page has clickbait stories as does Chrome. Getting kind of tired of that.
AllaN01Bear
(22,149 posts)edhopper
(34,381 posts)on my phone. My front page is my Speed Dial
AllaN01Bear
(22,149 posts). and one cant use quotes and or boolian expression anymore . i used to be able to target something like "democratic undereground ", cant do that anymore .
2naSalit
(90,507 posts)A while ago and usually find what I'm looking for withput google hounding me to login. I need to get a new email too, google locks me out more often than it let's me login.
bif
(23,482 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(26,105 posts)Honestly, I use Google and I'm not seeing ads. What am I doing wrong?
edhopper
(34,381 posts)it's more like the top results are also big advertisers on Google, like Amazon.