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submitted 7 months ago by makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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So ddg is down, so I visit Google. It's been some years.

I just can't believe how poor it's results are, and how it's trying to suggest things it think I might also want (and failing miserably).

I just assumed ddg would be the lesser, but I use it for privacy. Turns out I'm wrong.

How long has Google been this bad?

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[-] Babbiorsetto@lemmy.sdf.org 24 points 7 months ago

Fuck this. Fuck search engines. I'm going back to curated website lists.

[-] datavoid@lemmy.ml 15 points 7 months ago

Webrings ftw

[-] a_new_sad_me@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Where do you find them?

[-] blackstrat@lemmy.fwgx.uk 3 points 7 months ago

My FIL has a book from the 90s that's basically an internet yellow pages.

[-] Nemo@midwest.social 3 points 7 months ago

I never left.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I knew my bookmarks would save me

[-] dan@upvote.au 1 points 7 months ago

Bring back DMOZ and the Yahoo directory.

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