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Re:DuckDuckGo is good enough for regular use by dhimes on Friday March 06, 2020 @11:05AM (#22504633)
It might be more effective if you try it yourself. Google something you normally google, then repeat the search with &pws=0 at the end of the query string.
Re:DuckDuckGo is good enough for regular use by akavel on Friday March 06, 2020 @11:18AM (#22504752)
Interesting, what is the pws arg?
Re:DuckDuckGo is good enough for regular use by dhimes on Friday March 06, 2020 @11:24AM (#22504819)
I think it's something like 'personalized web search' so you turn it off. That used to be the way to do it anyway.
Re:DuckDuckGo is good enough for regular use by shrikant on Friday March 06, 2020 @11:23AM (#22504808)
It turns off personalised (based on your browsing/search history) search results.