Ask HN: Which feature would make you switch away from Google search?

Re:Ask HN: Which feature would make you switch away from Goo... by thesunkid on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @03:43AM (#30175228)

just curious. Are you willing to forgo relevant results when searching for "restaurants near me" to preserve your IP addr?

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Re:Ask HN: Which feature would make you switch away from Goo... by dijit on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @03:45AM (#30175237)

It’s not about IP addr; I live in Sweden but don’t speak much Swedish. Searching for things takes me to Swedish sites.

Quite frustrating honestly.

(Another related thing that’s frustrating is people using my IP to determine language instead of the Accept-Language header my browser sends)

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Re:Ask HN: Which feature would make you switch away from Goo... by kioleanu on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @05:34AM (#30175873)

not OP, I live in Germany and 2 things happen with Geo-IP:

1. When I look for English words on Google, it prioritizes german dictionaries, sometimes for many pages instead of a) English dictionaries OR b) actual English pages relevant for that word

2. When I search for programming stuff, it prioritizes german pages, such as blog entries to the english documentation/english blog entries, which I find in any case more complete and diverse. Some peope prefer reading everything in German, but that is just not my cup of tea

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Re:Ask HN: Which feature would make you switch away from Goo... by detaro on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @05:36AM (#30175901)

can't remember I've ever searched for "restaurants near me" instead of using a map app or a self-choosen identifier. (And given e.g. Google Maps (on web) doesn't even reliably get the state right for my initial position, why would I rely on geoIP for that?!)

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