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Re:Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit black... by reportgunner on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @06:10AM (#36323713)
Sounds like a layer 8 issue, I have been using ddg as my main search engine and I always find what I need on the first page.

Every time I stumble in to google I am appalled at how bad the UX is.

Re:Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit black... by carlmr on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @08:59AM (#36325218)
I'd suggest a different explanation.

Think about what OP said here for a second:

>every time I can’t find something I switch to Google and find the answer right away

If you assume both Google and Bing to be similarly good but not the same, then you would expect this to happen.

Say there are two sets of websites, the ones that Bing finds (B+) and some that it doesn't (B-).

The same would hold for Google, there would be G+ and G-.

Now if you search on Bing first, and find what you need, you stop. This is a result in B+.

If you don't find it, your result is in B-. Then you search in Google and maybe get a G+ result, since they have different sets of websites they find.

You might also not find it (G-) but in the end both search engines aren't that bad, so this rarely happens.

Now you might find the same result if you start on Google instead, and aren't lucky in the first go, and then try Bing.

Re:Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit black... by poidos on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @09:24AM (#36325554)
> layer 8

TIL[0]:

> Layer 8 is a term used to refer to user or political layer on top of the 7-layer OSI model of computer networking.

[0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layer_8

Re:Google is getting a lot worse because of the Reddit black... by Eisenstein on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @09:51AM (#36325936)
Same as PEBKAC.