DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disinformation”

Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by paulmd on Thursday March 10, 2022 @07:16PM (#30634465)

it's done that for a long time, and you've always been able to force a match by wrapping a word in quotes.

(I don't think it's a 100% "must have this keyword" in the boolean sense, but it is an extremely strong suggestion to the engine.)

Maybe we have finally reached the point where people don't know boolean operators anymore though

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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by Lascaille on Friday March 11, 2022 @12:07AM (#30636451)

>you've always been able to force a match by wrapping a word in quotes

This no longer works very well. A while ago I was searching for the linux syscall which is identified in the manpages as 'splice(2)'

If I didn't include quote marks, I basically got pages of junk.

If I did include quote marks I basically got a page of junk and then a single relevant link halfway down the second page followed by another page and a half of junk.

I know to use 'verbatim' now but still very much a downgrade in terms of user experience.

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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by IG_Semmelweiss on Saturday March 12, 2022 @08:59AM (#30651413)

I thought verbatim was supposed to be wrapped in " not , '

But to your point, strict "___" searches do not seem to be respected as much anymore.

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Re:DuckDuckGo “down-rank sites associated with Russian disin... by ipaddr on Thursday March 10, 2022 @10:50PM (#30635937)

We have reached the point where google ignores them.

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