I have been comparing DuckDuckGo and Bing. Google’s results are increasingly less specific, and despite the focus on REDDIT/QUORA… I’m getting answers less & less.
Wonder what they’re doing? If they’re not careful, they’ll lose the big ad accounts next, and then the $$$, and their audience. I was googling instant mash potatoes and I included a negative term… but all I got was mashed potato answers and a few relevant answers thrown in.
This isn’t the first time, even using ” no longer helps. I’m supposed to use ‘verbatim’ but that option is not available on mobile. Google is in trouble.
I really feel that Google is trying to do too much on its search results:
We have Quora answers, Reddit answers, videos, Google Questions, Related Searches, Shopping…
and whatever else Google thinks is relevant, except
The ANSWER to MY QUESTION
… DuckDuckGo trounces Google searches by keeping their listings simple and obvious. Google needs to improve and simplify their listings!!!
… and Bing’s answers are surprising as Copilot surmises the real issue: improper technique.
On this search: Bing #1, DuckDuckGo #2, Google #3. I wonder…
I just scrolled the top ten results for coffee:
- map of coffee shops (on Google Maps)
- questions (Google Search)
- 1 result
- pictures
- 4 results
- recipes
- 2 results
- related searches
- multiple related keywords
- Finally, there are traditional listings on probably what used to be page 3.
Then it’s infinite scroll because Google doesn’t have a clue what I’m looking for.