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geekhack Community => Off Topic => Topic started by: F eq ma on Thu, 13 May 2021, 22:07:57
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Anyone else noticing a large number of google search results for keyboards related topics beyond the 5th page seem to be bogus, or worse, malware click baits? I have seen a lot of weird redirects and web pages obviously built for keyword hits. I use an iPad for web browsing, so most of it is jailed, but wondering how many have been hit with malware in the community?
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I don't think I ever click past the first page of results, definitely not past the second, so I haven't noticed. If something is that deep in my search results, I just try to refine my search terms or switch to a different search engine.
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Anyone else noticing a large number of google search results for keyboards related topics beyond the 5th page seem to be bogus, or worse, malware click baits? I have seen a lot of weird redirects and web pages obviously built for keyword hits. I use an iPad for web browsing, so most of it is jailed, but wondering how many have been hit with malware in the community?
duckduckgo ftw
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DuckDuckGo
Startpage
Searx.info
Pick one, or two, sometimes they have issues accessing Google's engine but they're MUCH better.
I was using DDG, but went to Startpage (better layout), now I use Searx (better still) with DDG as a backup (Startpage seems to have the most issues with the engine). I only use Google itself if I have to and I'm always amazed at how horrible it has become every time I do.
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Anyone else noticing a large number of google search results for keyboards related topics beyond the 5th page seem to be bogus, or worse, malware click baits? I have seen a lot of weird redirects and web pages obviously built for keyword hits. I use an iPad for web browsing, so most of it is jailed, but wondering how many have been hit with malware in the community?
duckduckgo ftw
That's my boy :thumb:
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Has anyone noticed some searches with duckduckgo the results are different from google?
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Has anyone noticed some searches with duckduckgo the results are different from google?
Google personalizes your results, your neighbor can do the same search and get a different result.
DDG acts as a proxy, meaning everyone's searches appear to be from one user or a handful, so while the results will be more consistent they won't be the same as YOU get from Google.