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Re:Ask HN: Let's build an HN uBlacklist to improve our Googl... by not2b on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @01:34PM (#29798218)
I doubt it. If their results become noticeably worse than Bing (and therefore DDG) results, people will start to switch. But Bing is having the same problems with the crap sites.

So they at least have to keep their quality even with the competition for the average person (HN readers are not the average person).

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Re:Ask HN: Let's build an HN uBlacklist to improve our Googl... by tyingq on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @01:42PM (#29798333)
That matches what I said, really. "Better than current-day Bing" is a much lower bar than they used to shoot for.
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Re:Ask HN: Let's build an HN uBlacklist to improve our Googl... by endisneigh on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @01:51PM (#29798446)
Bing has always been very comparable to Google. Especially in certain niches. For example bing was better for social in 2010:

https://www.eweek.com/news/microsoft-bing-beat-google-in-soc...

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