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Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit blackouts (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Nahlej@lemmy.world to c/technology@beehaw.org

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[–] veryreal_user@thelemmy.club 6 points 2 years ago

I've run into this several times already

[–] priapus@lemmy.one 5 points 2 years ago (6 children)

I'm considering switching to Kagi because of this. Its results are impressive.

[–] camr_on@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

This is the first I've heard of Kagi, how does it compare to duckduckgo?

[–] plisken@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I was amped for Kagi when I first heard about it. But they bumped the price up after the LMM boom. Still might have to bite the bullet as part of desire to use paid ad-free services.

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[–] Surufisu@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

I've definitely felt like my Google searches have been lackluster after a lot of subreddits went dark. from advices to game communities, it sucks to check other forums you have no knowledge of browsing or worse shudders quora

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Didn't notice since I use Kagi...

I did notice that Kagi now informs us about how much tracking and shit the sites are using. It's an info badge for each url.

[–] mitchmahony@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Never heard about Kagi before, thanks for mentioning it! How is your experience with it? I tried DuckDuckGo for a while and wasn't to happy about it. Is it comparable?

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[–] yankeebobo@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait until Google bots catch up and drop many of the links back to Reddit.

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[–] cloudynight88@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I've made a bad habit of attaching the word "reddit" to the end of too many of my searches even for questions that I should be looking for their answers in trusted sources instead of taking answers from random redditors the blackout has helped a little with avoiding that.

[–] ghostalmedia@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

100% has this happen today. Wanted and answer, the only answer was on Reddit, and the Google link was busted.

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