▲ 956 ▼ Google Search Really Has Gotten Worse, Researchers Find (tech.slashdot.org) submitted 2 years ago by jezebelley@leminal.space to c/technology@lemmy.world 293 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) What about DuckDuckGo? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) DDG uses Bing's results. Bing has deteriorated less than Google but it's also becoming worse every day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago And it started out much worse, so eh, it still works worse for me than Google. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ratcliff@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 years ago Bing AND Yandex permalink fedilink source parent [–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) It doesn't use just bing anymore: https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] euchriduk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago That page is pretty misleading, though: it's mostly talking about 'Instant Amswers' which is its AI (presumably) paid partnership answer bot thing at the top of the results. Further down, it says: "Of course, we have more traditional links and images in our search results too, which we largely source from Bing." So, although they don't use Bing exclusively, that's where the majority of non AI-answer-bot stuff is coming from. And I'm guessing the AI is Bing/Microsoft powered anyway, although I can't be sure. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sir_reginald@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) DDG uses Bing's results. Bing has deteriorated less than Google but it's also becoming worse every day. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago And it started out much worse, so eh, it still works worse for me than Google. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ratcliff@lemmy.wtf 2 points 2 years ago Bing AND Yandex permalink fedilink source parent [–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) It doesn't use just bing anymore: https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] euchriduk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago That page is pretty misleading, though: it's mostly talking about 'Instant Amswers' which is its AI (presumably) paid partnership answer bot thing at the top of the results. Further down, it says: "Of course, we have more traditional links and images in our search results too, which we largely source from Bing." So, although they don't use Bing exclusively, that's where the majority of non AI-answer-bot stuff is coming from. And I'm guessing the AI is Bing/Microsoft powered anyway, although I can't be sure. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago And it started out much worse, so eh, it still works worse for me than Google. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br 0 points 2 years ago (1 child) It doesn't use just bing anymore: https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] euchriduk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago That page is pretty misleading, though: it's mostly talking about 'Instant Amswers' which is its AI (presumably) paid partnership answer bot thing at the top of the results. Further down, it says: "Of course, we have more traditional links and images in our search results too, which we largely source from Bing." So, although they don't use Bing exclusively, that's where the majority of non AI-answer-bot stuff is coming from. And I'm guessing the AI is Bing/Microsoft powered anyway, although I can't be sure. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] euchriduk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago That page is pretty misleading, though: it's mostly talking about 'Instant Amswers' which is its AI (presumably) paid partnership answer bot thing at the top of the results. Further down, it says: "Of course, we have more traditional links and images in our search results too, which we largely source from Bing." So, although they don't use Bing exclusively, that's where the majority of non AI-answer-bot stuff is coming from. And I'm guessing the AI is Bing/Microsoft powered anyway, although I can't be sure. permalink fedilink source parent