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[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've been using duckduckgo for the last month and change and I'm not really a fan. Especially for things here in Japan, it can give really wonky results (today I was looking for the closest post office and searched '\ post office'. It gave me a website to get directions, but no indication of where it might be nor, y'know, even the post office's website). Google has gotten continually worse for me, but this was, in most cases, just barely as good or worse.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's been my default for years. Usually I find what I want. When I don't, I go back to the search box and put !g at the front, which sends the search to google.

[–] AndreTelevise@lemm.ee 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

!sp (Startpage) gives you the same results as Google but without personalized ads or ad tracking.

[–] Fisch@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks both! Will try to remember this for next time.

[–] Stylus2650@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To confirm, are you also toggling the Japan region for searches?

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I didn't notice that was a thing, but it defaulted to Japan so we're safe there.