Study finds "search engines seem to lose the cat-and-mouse game that is SEO spam."

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

  • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    10 months ago

    I’ve been trying DuckDuckGo recently and already started seeing some better results. I’m not ready to change my default search engine yet, but if it keeps up I could see that happening sooner than later.

    • ayaya@lemdro.idEnglish
      17·
      10 months ago

      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.worksEnglish
        3·
        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.

    • phoneymouse@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      10 months ago

      Been using DDG as my default for about 4 years now. It’s actually just gotten better as Google has gotten worse. I used to use the bangs a lot to check Google from DDG, but do that less and less.

    • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      10 months ago

      Same on the default search changing, I’m very much used to Google Search and it’s gonna take me a while before I switch. Though I’ve already managed to switch from Gmail and it’s kinda refreshing, so this will be just another step.

      • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.worldEnglish
        21·
        10 months ago

        Though I’ve already managed to switch from Gmail and it’s kinda refreshing

        No doubt, I’ve been thinking about doing the same. What provider did you go with, and what is your experience so far, if you don’t mind me asking. I’m definitely looking for recommendations.