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I'm giving up on Google.

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  • lina@vt.socialL lina@vt.social

    I'm giving up on Google. None of the projects I've been working on (spout2pw, obs-pwvideo, libfunnel) are searchable, you get everything except for the actual project sites/repos. I put up a landing page and it briefly ranked and then disappeared.

    DuckDuckGo has no issues. I'm switching.

    How badly do you have to screw up search to not be able to search for an open source project and get, you know, the actual home page, repository, or documentation for that project at least somewhere in the first page of results? This is not hard...

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    alwayscurious@infosec.exchange
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    Enshittification I guess? Not caring?

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      alwayscurious@infosec.exchange
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      @Adam_Howard @lina Wow, Qwant is amazing so far.

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        Enshittification I guess? Not caring?

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        @alwayscurious Enshittification. https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/

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        • lina@vt.socialL This user is from outside of this forum
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          lina@vt.social
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          @Adam_Howard Alas...

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          • lina@vt.socialL lina@vt.social

            @Adam_Howard Alas...

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            @lina @Adam_Howard i pay for kagi, is quite good afaik, i never heard of this other one, gonna investigate and see if it also helps
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              @lina @Adam_Howard i pay for kagi, is quite good afaik, i never heard of this other one, gonna investigate and see if it also helps
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              @lina @Adam_Howard looks like it works on my country? interesting
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                @Adam_Howard @lina trueeee.... that's why i was looking to see if this works, the problem is that kagi is really darn good when you are a developer
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                  @Adam_Howard @lina will start experimenting!! til something new
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                  • lina@vt.socialL This user is from outside of this forum
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                    @Adam_Howard I'm in Japan.

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                    • lina@vt.socialL lina@vt.social

                      @Adam_Howard I'm in Japan.

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                      [FIX] Mention that Qwant is only available in ~30 countries · Issue #408 · tycrek/degoogle

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                      @lina

                      That is odd. I am using a VPN which reports me as in Japan and it works for me. 🤔

                      I have a few more search engines outside the United States on my list here for you to try:

                      Cookie monster!

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                      • lina@vt.socialL lina@vt.social

                        I'm giving up on Google. None of the projects I've been working on (spout2pw, obs-pwvideo, libfunnel) are searchable, you get everything except for the actual project sites/repos. I put up a landing page and it briefly ranked and then disappeared.

                        DuckDuckGo has no issues. I'm switching.

                        How badly do you have to screw up search to not be able to search for an open source project and get, you know, the actual home page, repository, or documentation for that project at least somewhere in the first page of results? This is not hard...

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                        cobratbq@mastodon.social
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                        @lina indeed first 3 pages on DDG are relevant. (Github, homepage, yt) That's how a search engine should be performing. 😄

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                        • adam_howard@planet.moeA adam_howard@planet.moe

                          @lina

                          That is odd. I am using a VPN which reports me as in Japan and it works for me. 🤔

                          I have a few more search engines outside the United States on my list here for you to try:

                          Cookie monster!

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                          (codeberg.org)

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                          lina@vt.social
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                          @Adam_Howard I tried both LTE and WiFi (two different providers) and both are blocked...

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                          • lina@vt.socialL lina@vt.social

                            @Adam_Howard I tried both LTE and WiFi (two different providers) and both are blocked...

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                            @lina

                            Really odd. 🤔. As I said, I do have a list of search engines outside the United States.

                            Qwant — France, Europe
                            https://www.qwant.com

                            Ecosia — Germany, Europe
                            https://www.ecosia.org

                            Mojeek — England, Europe
                            https://www.mojeek.com

                            Swisscows — Switzerland, Europe
                            https://swisscows.com

                            Naver — South Korea, Asia
                            https://www.naver.com

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                            • lina@vt.socialL lina@vt.social

                              I'm giving up on Google. None of the projects I've been working on (spout2pw, obs-pwvideo, libfunnel) are searchable, you get everything except for the actual project sites/repos. I put up a landing page and it briefly ranked and then disappeared.

                              DuckDuckGo has no issues. I'm switching.

                              How badly do you have to screw up search to not be able to search for an open source project and get, you know, the actual home page, repository, or documentation for that project at least somewhere in the first page of results? This is not hard...

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                              @lina I recently was told about SearXNG and now use that

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                              • lina@vt.socialL lina@vt.social

                                I'm giving up on Google. None of the projects I've been working on (spout2pw, obs-pwvideo, libfunnel) are searchable, you get everything except for the actual project sites/repos. I put up a landing page and it briefly ranked and then disappeared.

                                DuckDuckGo has no issues. I'm switching.

                                How badly do you have to screw up search to not be able to search for an open source project and get, you know, the actual home page, repository, or documentation for that project at least somewhere in the first page of results? This is not hard...

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                                bryce@mastodon.brycedixon.dev
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                                @lina I've previously had issues where I'll have a technical problem, search online with the specific keywords describing the problem, and Google just gives me a hundred articles about how "this software so great because you can't have the described problem!"

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                                  @Adam_Howard @lina nothing ist out of DTs influence. 😐 But every little step to cut his options counts.

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                                  • lina@vt.socialL lina@vt.social

                                    I'm giving up on Google. None of the projects I've been working on (spout2pw, obs-pwvideo, libfunnel) are searchable, you get everything except for the actual project sites/repos. I put up a landing page and it briefly ranked and then disappeared.

                                    DuckDuckGo has no issues. I'm switching.

                                    How badly do you have to screw up search to not be able to search for an open source project and get, you know, the actual home page, repository, or documentation for that project at least somewhere in the first page of results? This is not hard...

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                                    wombatpandaa@mastodon.social
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                                    @lina I feel you, this is why I switched away from Google as well.

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                                    • adam_howard@planet.moeA adam_howard@planet.moe

                                      @lina

                                      That is odd. I am using a VPN which reports me as in Japan and it works for me. 🤔

                                      I have a few more search engines outside the United States on my list here for you to try:

                                      Cookie monster!

                                      favicon

                                      (codeberg.org)

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                                      @Adam_Howard @lina hmm, same in japan 😞

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                                      • lina@vt.socialL lina@vt.social

                                        I'm giving up on Google. None of the projects I've been working on (spout2pw, obs-pwvideo, libfunnel) are searchable, you get everything except for the actual project sites/repos. I put up a landing page and it briefly ranked and then disappeared.

                                        DuckDuckGo has no issues. I'm switching.

                                        How badly do you have to screw up search to not be able to search for an open source project and get, you know, the actual home page, repository, or documentation for that project at least somewhere in the first page of results? This is not hard...

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                                        @lina Just tried searching with Kagi, no issues either. Glad I switched. Was very unhappy with the way Google provided search results and the shift they made

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                                        • lina@vt.socialL lina@vt.social

                                          I'm giving up on Google. None of the projects I've been working on (spout2pw, obs-pwvideo, libfunnel) are searchable, you get everything except for the actual project sites/repos. I put up a landing page and it briefly ranked and then disappeared.

                                          DuckDuckGo has no issues. I'm switching.

                                          How badly do you have to screw up search to not be able to search for an open source project and get, you know, the actual home page, repository, or documentation for that project at least somewhere in the first page of results? This is not hard...

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                                          mananabanana@hachyderm.io
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                                          @lina Apparantly, google is indexing based on whether the content seems to be generated by Gemini or not
                                          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=II2QF9JwtLc

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