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		lolinder on Feb 5, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: For some searches the whole screen on Google is no... > Use duckduckgo or something else. Duckduckgo hasn't been any better for me lately. It seems like search as a whole is failing to respond to the latest round of SEO tricks. It takes a lot more work to find what I'm actually looking for, regardless of which engine I use.

heavyset_go on Feb 5, 2022 | [–]

DDG uses Bing as its search provider, and Bing isn't any better than Google right now when it comes to prioritizing ads and dark patterns[1].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28517187

sp332 on Feb 5, 2022 | | [–]

Bing is one source among many. https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/so...

dazc on Feb 5, 2022 | [–]

You don't get the first page of ads on DDG though, a simple change of settings equals none at all.

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