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Zam Wesell
Mar 22, 2009

[Zam is suddenly shot in the neck by a toxic dart; Anakin and Obi-Wan see a "rocket-man" take off and fly away, and Zam dies]
so we all hate Google in here, why dont we do smthng about it!.?.?.

im gonna try using duckduckgo exclusively for one week to see if it's even remotely capable. why dont u join in on the fun? 😀

thx for reading

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emoji
Jun 4, 2004
I already tried and went back to google. Bing is better for images and videos, however (even non-pornographic ones).

tmesis
Jan 18, 2007

sup holmes
Megamarm
i use bing cuz it's needs suiting and m$ is desperate enough for my search data to give me Amazon gift codes for it

Valeyard
Mar 30, 2012


Grimey Drawer

tmesis posted:

i use bing cuz it's needs suiting and m$ is desperate enough for my search data to give me Amazon gift codes for it

gently caress bing rewards

N.Z.'s Champion
Jun 8, 2003

Yam Slacker
duckduckgo uses bing without tracking

startpage.com uses google without tracking

so use startpage.com

thanks for reading

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

emoji posted:

I already tried and went back to google.

Asymmetric POSTer
Aug 17, 2005

i had duckduckgo as my iphone default search engine for months

google results are better

cremnob
Jun 30, 2010

if u do use google do it in a private tab and with ad block so they cant extract any value from u

Phoenixan
Jan 16, 2010

Just Keep Cool-idge

tmesis posted:

i use bing cuz it's needs suiting and m$ is desperate enough for my search data to give me Amazon gift codes for it
i keep getting itunes gift cards from it

basically taking money straight from microsoft and handing it over to apple

med school head
Apr 17, 2012
my dad told me when he searches porn he finds that bing is the best to use

influx.
Dec 16, 2007

Nice pants!

gargle chome posted:

my dad told me when he searches porn he finds that bing is the best to use

it kind of is

the video search preview is dope.

Panty Saluter
Jan 17, 2004

Making learning fun!
duck duck go is fine except for maps, which returns mapquest :barf:

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

emoji posted:

I already tried and went back to google. Bing is better for images and videos, however (even non-pornographic ones).

same, and also the "bird's eye view."

maniacdevnull
Apr 18, 2007

FOUR CUBIC FRAMES
DISPROVES SOFT G GOD
YOU ARE EDUCATED STUPID

cremnob posted:

if u do use google do it in a private tab and with ad block so they cant extract any value from u

I use Google products and services and I enjoy them. They're a good company.

Lutha Mahtin
Oct 10, 2010

Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

id like a search engine with the no-bullshit attitude of ddg, combined with the better phrase/topic matching of goog. does lycos still exist??

echinopsis
Apr 13, 2004

by Fluffdaddy
tumblr is better for porn searching but using a search engine for porn is dumpster diving. go download some real porn you gross porno pigs

PleasureKevin
Jan 2, 2011

actually you can use deg pretty well if you follow my good advice:

if you're searching for stack overflow, stop typing it into google and just type "stackoverflow [your computer problem here]" into Safari, then press the down error so you highlight the option "Search stack overflow.com for "[your computer problem here]" and push enter. it will take your straight to stack overflow search results, bypassing google or ddg or bing.

this works for a lot of sites because i think it works by finding sites that declare they have a search api and uses it.

the biggest problem is breaking the habit of just putting stuff in the omnibar. and typing out "stackoverflow" every time.

hackbunny
Jul 22, 2007

I haven't been on SA for years but the person who gave me my previous av as a joke felt guilty for doing so and decided to get me a non-shitty av

PleasureKevin posted:

actually you can use deg pretty well if you follow my good advice:

or type !so [computer problem] in ddg

Zam Wesell
Mar 22, 2009

[Zam is suddenly shot in the neck by a toxic dart; Anakin and Obi-Wan see a "rocket-man" take off and fly away, and Zam dies]
so far I've found what I'm looking for every time I've used it, 2 days in.
I expect being back to Google sooner than later, but so far......

Lutha Mahtin
Oct 10, 2010

Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

PleasureKevin posted:

the biggest problem is breaking the habit of just putting stuff in the omnibar. and typing out "stackoverflow" every time.

or you can set search keywords for all yer favorite sites. like set stackoverflow to "s" and then type in the url box "s how is closure formed". then hit enter and bam now you got answers from 6 undergrad sophomores

jony ive aces
Jun 14, 2012

designer of the lomarf car


Buglord
lol if u don't use the quick search bar and quick context search addons for firefox

also lol if u snack overflow

huhwhat
Apr 22, 2010

by sebmojo
duckduckgo protip: always add !g to your search terms

Lutha Mahtin
Oct 10, 2010

Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

huhwhat posted:

duckduckgo protip: always add !g to your search terms

what does THAT do?? whoa

jony ive aces
Jun 14, 2012

designer of the lomarf car


Buglord
:rip: scroogle

who was that sperg who ran it, wasn't he also known for some other funny computer thing?

Lutha Mahtin
Oct 10, 2010

Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

I think the scroogle guy had a bunch of other sites like that. like maybe one for mikkkro$haft?

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

i already use duckduckgo exclusively, op

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

Widdiful
Oct 10, 2012

i challenge everyone to find a search engine with a worse name than duckduckgo

HAIL eSATA-n
Apr 7, 2007

Bloody posted:

i already use duckduckgo exclusively, op

same

HAIL eSATA-n
Apr 7, 2007

Widdiful posted:

i challenge everyone to find a search engine with a worse name than duckduckgo

bing

codl
Jul 28, 2013

Widdiful posted:

i challenge everyone to find a search engine with a worse name than duckduckgo

ixquick

med school head
Apr 17, 2012
any search engine that isnt called 'search'

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

google

GameCube
Nov 21, 2006

did you know that "binging" and "binging" are spelled the same way?

oh no blimp issue
Feb 23, 2011

Widdiful posted:

i challenge everyone to find a search engine with a worse name than duckduckgo

ask jeeves

Bloody
Mar 3, 2013

As a Millennial I posted:

did you know that "binging" and "binging" are spelled the same way?

i read both of those as "binging"

spankmeister
Jun 15, 2008






I use it but put !g in front of everything does that count op?

Zam Wesell
Mar 22, 2009

[Zam is suddenly shot in the neck by a toxic dart; Anakin and Obi-Wan see a "rocket-man" take off and fly away, and Zam dies]

spankmeister posted:

I use it but put !g in front of everything does that count op?

obviously not!!!

Lutha Mahtin
Oct 10, 2010

Your brokebrain sin is absolved...go and shitpost no more!

As a Millennial I posted:

did you know that "binging" and "binging" are spelled the same way?

did u mean "bingeing"? chrome says neither version is a word tho

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Orcs and Ostriches
Aug 26, 2010


The Great Twist
why is ms so bad at naming things? I'd probably use bing if it wasn't named bing.

like if it was meatspin, i'd go to meatspin.com and meatspin some questions I have. I'd be meatspinning all day if I had to. I'm sure other names would work too.

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