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Two minutes of DuckDuckGo rearranging & dropping results for the same search; Bing, Startpage, & DDG all unreliable vs. Google :( (files.catbox.moe)

submitted 11 months ago by brbposting@sh.itjust.works to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Try it with this search:

an entire block of smash car windows

I’ll have to test Searx, Grasp, & Kagi. Right now I start with DDG and bang out to Google (append !g to my DDG search) at least half the time.

So note to DDG devs: those Google bang searches had results that left me disaPPOINTED !

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[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 35 points 11 months ago (6 children)

I get the same issue all the time lately. Search, click link, go back - clicked link gone, different results shown.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I always use mousewheeldown click nowadays, it opens the link in a new tab.

Also mwd on the tabs themselves close the tab (without needing to hit the tiny cross).

Changed the way I browse

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

That's what I do on the desktop, but on mobile there's no quick way to open a new tab.

[–] Ferk@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Would it help turning on the setting to have the links always open in a new tab?
It's been a long time since I used ddg, but I believe they have the option in their settings page, most search engines do.

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 1 points 11 months ago

While this is not a bad shout, I hate that this rearranging logic has made it to production in the first place. Ddg should really know better.

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