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Re:Google are removing URLs entirely from search results? by marcosdumay on Saturday November 02, 2019 @11:14AM (#21428120)
It's actually weird to see that in a DDG x Google comparison... But yes, DDG has started giving me results with entire terms removed from the search since recently, and I have to add quotes all the time to get them back.

But at least with DDG we have to option of quoting the terms. Google is much worse at this in any way you care to measure.

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Re:Google are removing URLs entirely from search results? by bitL on Saturday November 02, 2019 @12:53PM (#21428683)
No, they actually started removing even quoted terms from search like 2-3 months ago or so; as a consequence I am now looking for DDG alternatives. First Google results became bad, now DDG seems to copy the same "failure" of the "dominant player" instead of standing out and being useful.
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Re:Google are removing URLs entirely from search results? by ConceptJunkie on Saturday November 02, 2019 @08:05PM (#21431034)
Yes, I've found this to be the case. Today I was searching for "DVD-RAM" and most of the results from DDG did not contain the term at all, with or without quotes.
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