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Google search is losing the fight with SEO spam, study says (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by rikudou@lemmings.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I guess we all kinda knew that, but it's always nice to have a study backing your opinions.

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[–] ayaya@lemdro.id 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I recommend reading the actual paper this article is about. DDG is actually by far the worst by their measures. Google is 9% spam compared to 31% for DDG and 23% for Bing. That's a huge difference.

I would recommend trying a SearXNG instance if you haven't before. You can combine results from multiple sources. I use Google as my main source while also having access to the DDG-style !bangs.

[–] NanoooK@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

My family was looking for a specific manual and couldn't find it on Google, the only search engine they know about. It was one of the first results on DDG.

I'm using DDG for a while now and I'm happy with it overall.