Using DuckDuckGo search engine, I'm getting lots of garbage (unrelated to my search) on Caribbean holidays. Anyone else notice this problem?

Posted by freedomforall 1 year, 4 months ago to Ask the Gulch

I search for a review on specific computer memory and get hits for Caribbean vacations on cruise ships, Rolex watch store in St. John, and history of Antigua.

Not helpful.
(I haven't done any searches on Caribbean vacations either.)

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Posted by Markus_Katabri 1 year, 4 months ago

Duck Duck Go is leftist compromised.

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  Posted by Thoritsu 1 year, 4 months ago
  
  What behaviors do they exhibit this? Hadn't noticed, but hate this crap.
  
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Posted by jbrenner 1 year, 4 months ago

While I don't use DuckDuckGo, the ads for the Caribbean holidays probably date back to when we were discussing buying our own island as a Gulch!

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  Posted by freedomforall 1 year, 4 months ago
  
  I am blocking the ads. It's coming in the search results
  Or maybe its because of the cold weather in US?
  I have never had such unrelated garbage before from DDG.
  
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Posted by ycandrea 1 year, 4 months ago

I use DDG too and never have garbage in my searches.

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Posted by mccannon01 1 year, 4 months ago

So far DDG is working fine for me.

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Posted by Lucky 1 year, 4 months ago

Cold weather in US..
To check,
Use exactly the same search words. Then with a VPN with a location in the southern hemisphere try again.

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Posted by Commander 1 year, 4 months ago

If you don't pay for subscription youpay for the advertising.
Another thing that a long term IT friend has offered; If searches are trending in your area the host blankets for a customer.

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Posted by Kittyhawk 1 year, 4 months ago

The Brave search engine is independent (uncompromised) for now, and the results are getting really good. (When they don't yet have enough results to show you, they'll list some from Google, if you like.) The Brave browser is great, too -- no ads on Youtube videos!

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Posted by Thoritsu 1 year, 4 months ago

Not seeing this, but do seem to notice weaker results than before, and the stupid "BestReviews" crap, which absolutely sucks. Maybe AdBlocker is filtering them out?

Switched from Google a while ago (perhaps at your recommendation?). Quite like DuckDuckGo's anonymity and lack of tracking.

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Posted by tutor-turtle 1 year, 4 months ago

Yes, lots of garbage and not the information I'm looking for. Conclusion: DDG has been compromised. Started out ok, then went south.
Brave Browser followed the same path. Now they too are useless.

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Using DuckDuckGo search engine, I'm getting lots of garbage (unrelated to my search) on Caribbean holidays. Anyone else notice this problem?

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