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edhopper

(34,381 posts)
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 05:55 PM Jul 25

What 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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What search engine do you use. (Original Post) edhopper Jul 25 OP
I've been using DuckDuckGo for years on all devices, no problems with it at all... Think. Again. Jul 25 #1
I also use Firefox. edhopper Jul 25 #10
I still use Google. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 25 #2
The top results I got edhopper Jul 25 #11
Somehow, I don't notice that. PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 25 #14
sometimes edhopper Jul 26 #16
DuckDuckGo EYESORE 9001 Jul 25 #3
Duck Duck Go. I like it. brer cat Jul 25 #4
DuckDuckGo n/t spockeye Jul 25 #5
I recently downloaded Tadpole Raisin Jul 25 #6
tried opera once and turned into a total energy hog. wound up my fans and sofouth aslo a space hog AllaN01Bear Jul 25 #7
I use Opera edhopper Jul 25 #12
i have found most serarch engines are gearing to ads and the 10 best . dang nabbit jim i just want one AllaN01Bear Jul 25 #8
I switched to Duck Duck Go... 2naSalit Jul 25 #9
Lifelong Yahoo user bif Jul 25 #13
What exactly am I missing that I don't notice ads on Google? PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 25 #15
It's not that I get ads edhopper Jul 26 #17

Think. Again.

(14,902 posts)
1. I've been using DuckDuckGo for years on all devices, no problems with it at all...
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 05:59 PM
Jul 25

...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.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,105 posts)
2. I still use Google.
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:01 PM
Jul 25

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)
16. sometimes
Fri Jul 26, 2024, 09:53 AM
Jul 26

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)
3. DuckDuckGo
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:02 PM
Jul 25

I was disappointed to find that it uses Bing for shopping searches. Fortunately, I don’t use it for shopping much. The maps come from Mapquest, which I don’t like either, but there you go.

Tadpole Raisin

(1,289 posts)
6. I recently downloaded
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:09 PM
Jul 25

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)
8. i have found most serarch engines are gearing to ads and the 10 best . dang nabbit jim i just want one
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:21 PM
Jul 25

. 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)
9. I switched to Duck Duck Go...
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 06:43 PM
Jul 25

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.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,105 posts)
15. What exactly am I missing that I don't notice ads on Google?
Thu Jul 25, 2024, 11:40 PM
Jul 25

Honestly, I use Google and I'm not seeing ads. What am I doing wrong?

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