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Researchers confirm what we already knew: Google results really are getting worse
(www.theregister.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I use DDG when coding and generally find it to be a bit nicer, but from the article it sounds like they're prone to the same issues. Anecdotally, I have noticed non-code queries do seem to be similarly crap
ETA: You can set it as default in Chrome too, under Settings -> Search Engine
I've turned to devdocs.io for my API documentation needs, which saves me the step of searching at all.