2/3rds of Google Searches Now End Without a Click

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  • I use DuckDuckGo by default but I probably add !g to redirect to Google 2/3 of the time. DDG seems to be a little bit worse at rewarding user-hostile SEO spam [0], but honestly the main reason is that with Google I can use [1] to block those domains. DDG is also still noticeably worse for vague or complex queries IME.

    [0] When I search "postgres array_agg" on DDG - something I actually had to search for today - the Postgres documentation is the 6th hit, preceded by crap like https://archive.is/7JeSe. On Google it's the 2nd hit, also preceded by what seems like SEO spam.

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