January 16, 2012

dear clusterflock

Google alternatives.

Update: Why Google is ditching search

posted by in dear clusterflock, technology, the future, tips and tricks, unbearable pain | * | 6 comments 

comments

  1. Ben on January 16th, 2012 at 11:40 am

    Let me Google that for you.

    Otherwise, you might have to wait ten years until they go under.

  2. Joel Bernstein on January 16th, 2012 at 11:52 am

    I’ve heard good things about DuckDuckGo.

  3. James on January 16th, 2012 at 12:26 pm

    I will second DuckDuckGo. It’s basically a slightly slower Google, before Google started sucking. The results are nice though.

  4. Deron Bauman on January 16th, 2012 at 12:34 pm

    I switched my homepage.

  5. Andrew Simone on January 17th, 2012 at 9:14 pm

    I am not a huge fan of the search engine anymore, but I am curious what bothers you so. Or did I miss a comment thread during my internet MIA holiday times.

  6. Deron Bauman on January 17th, 2012 at 9:32 pm

    Andrew, it was the slow awareness just how clotted the Google search results have gotten with gamed links appearing at the top. I’d click through five things and realize they were all SEO byproduct. It disappointed me. There’s a pretty good graphic in the article I linked.