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What's your opinion? Does google really "not work" anymore? Are there any better search engines? Why did the quality of search results go down? I honestly stumbled onto this question through this music video, what is ironic in it's own way i feel...

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[–] SimonSing@beehaw.org 26 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Google is almost impossible to use when I search for solutions to maths problems. The first few pages are dominated by those sites gaming Google's algorithm and their articles usually don't help.

[–] ammorok@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

Have you tried WolframAlpha? It can break down math problems and is a wealth of information for just about everything

[–] thepianistfroggollum@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yup. DDG is my go to. Every once in a while I have to use Google, but it's rare.

Also, buy the Wolfram Alpha app if you want math problems solved easily.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Does anybody else find when using DDG for research that it's waaay too aggressive about "correcting" your query to something more mundane?

[–] snowbell@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is why I switched to startpage

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't it just query Google behind the scenes, though?

[–] snowbell@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yeah, but DDG uses Bing. I want to switch to Kagi or start a SearXNG server though once I get around to it.

[–] bird@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I have been using Kagi for a month. Really liking it so far! I just subscribed to their basic plan. Much better results than DDG.