comrade_pibb [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agois there a search engine out there that isn't overwhelmed by blog slop search results?message-squaremessage-square28linkfedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squareis there a search engine out there that isn't overwhelmed by blog slop search results?comrade_pibb [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square28linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCompactFlaxlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 months agoThe SEO referral blog scum are what I believe OP is talking about. The reason I get to page 3 before finding anything useful.
minus-squarecomrade_pibb [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 months agoYeah it’s maddening. I’m trying out Kagi and so far it seems to be pretty good
minus-squareDessalines@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoYep, this happened over the past few months or so to DDG. Nearly every result is AI-generated blogspam. Its almost unusable now.
minus-squarecalidris [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoI wonder how long we can keep up the whole pre-AI date trick. Guess it depends on what you’re searching for.
minus-squareBadTakesHaver [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoHow do you do the date range filtering? When I try it with DuckDuckGo it never works
minus-squarehellinkilla [they/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agohttps://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/features/dates presumably it relies on the pages to accurately report their own dates.
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The SEO referral blog scum are what I believe OP is talking about. The reason I get to page 3 before finding anything useful.
Yeah it’s maddening. I’m trying out Kagi and so far it seems to be pretty good
Yep, this happened over the past few months or so to DDG. Nearly every result is AI-generated blogspam. Its almost unusable now.
I wonder how long we can keep up the whole pre-AI date trick. Guess it depends on what you’re searching for.
How do you do the date range filtering? When I try it with DuckDuckGo it never works
https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/features/dates
presumably it relies on the pages to accurately report their own dates.