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I switched to bing on my work machine at the start of this week, and have found I've been getting better results than google gives me. Especially if I'm trying to do any type of complex query, like filtering by domain or multiple search phrases, google dumbed down their query handing some years ago so it's basically useless now.

I've started treating google more like the Yellow Pages; a good source when you WANT ads, i.e. you're looking for a tradesman in your area, or a restaurant to go to. For organic search, it's rubbish.

Edit: the dumbed down search has begun on youtube as well, YT routinely ignores what I searched for and just shows me videos related to what I was watching previously. I search for guitar amps and get videos for DIY kitchens, because I was looking at that stuff last night. Beyond moronic.



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