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Unpopular opinion : Bing is a better search engine than Google when it comes to piracy

https://lemmy.world/post/998509

Unpopular opinion : Bing is a better search engine than Google when it comes to piracy - Lemmy.world

Google is way to compliant to DMCA request resulting in bad result. Bing doesnt seems to care and will happily link to live and replay of sport event (the main reason I use it personnaly) even as a first result. PS : If you’re french dont forget to change your DNS or any quality site will not load

Jul 3, 2023 at 9:09pmWeb
Show threadEyesEyesBabyJul 3, 2023
That’s not an unpopular opinion. It’s a known fact for years.
Show threadsudoJul 3, 2023
Neutral opinion: any opinion can be popular or unpopular if posed to the right (or wrong) audience
Show threadzakiodJul 3, 2023
Clearly, I shouln’t have posted this as an “Unpopular opinion” but rather as a PSA or general advice, my bad. Just something i thought as something people should know. Also I’m sure there is better search engine out there so please share away !
Show threadk3ywordJul 3, 2023
I don’t think this is unpopular. I just think people use Google because of the UI/UX and it being a better search engine for other things.
Show threadzakiodJul 3, 2023
I agree that google is the best search engine for most things, I use it a lot, but for speficic thing like piracy (and porn) I found Bing to be superior and wanted to share this. Afterall IMO one of the principle of piracy is to avoid relying on a single service, and find the best suited thing for your needs.
Show threadIvan171Jul 3, 2023
It’s better for porn as well… A friend told me
Show threadxfunkerJul 3, 2023
I think its inferior because there are barely any search operators… Google has alot…
Show threadMario BarišaJul 3, 2023
Or you can use duckduckgo that uses bings search index while protecting your privacy
Show threadThesePaycheckAvengingJul 3, 2023

I've been using DDG exclusively for years now and every now and then I feel it doesn't give me what I seek and I try Google and it doesn't find shit either.

People always say that Google results are still superior but I believe that's only the case as long as you're in the bubble they create based on your profile and you're looking for your interests and like-minded opinions.

Show threadbuckykatJul 4, 2023
Google search was amazing for a while in the mid 2010s but they’re losing the SEO arms race now
Show threadRiverGhostJul 4, 2023
I think people say Google results are superior due to inertia. Google was really good at some point, many years ago. These days it’s laughably bad.
Show threadillyria817Jul 5, 2023
I found that Google is head and shoulders above DDG when it comes for my work searches. Technical stuff - like code errors, Oracle syntax, technical references, etc. I used DDG for a couple of months and had to switch back to Google because I literally wasn’t finding the results that I knew existed.
Show threadKaspar Houser Oct 20, 2023
Waaaat?! That’s the first time I ever heard that. Usually people (including me) have the exact opposite experience. It’s insanely good for technical stuff.
Show threadNounsAndWordsJul 3, 2023
Don’t they still provide that link at the bottom of the first page with a list of all the DMCA’d content in one convenient link (so you can be sure to avoid it)?
Show threadKairuByteJul 4, 2023
I don’t believe they do that anymore, but I could be wrong.
Show threadFizzJul 4, 2023
Its better at serving unbias results as well.
Show threadBatpool23Jul 4, 2023
Been using the Duckduckgo app for awhile now. Works fantastic, F google
Show threadKissakiJul 4, 2023

Duckduckgo largely based it's classic results on Bing.

So I guess this is an agree to OP?

I've been using duckduckgo for many years. So I wouldn't know how it compares to Google results.

Where do DuckDuckGo search results come from?

DuckDuckGo is an independent internet privacy company that offers a private alternative to Google search & Chrome in one free app.

DuckDuckGo Help Pages
Show threadBatpool23Jul 4, 2023
Yup, honestly haven’t seen much difference at all when I switched a few years ago. But thanks to this post I learned about SearX. Gonna give that try now. Curious though if using a browser like Chrome for example, would make it a pointless? That’s what drew me to duck since they have their own app.
Show threadKissakiJul 10, 2023
Why would using Chrome make it pointless?
Show threadBatpool23Jul 13, 2023
I just figured if you’re trying to avoid google then using their own browser might have some risk too. But I don’t know for sure if they still able to track anything you do on an alternative search website.
Show threadKissakiJul 14, 2023
Chrome has other features and potential tracking. But those don’t make not using Google as the search engine pointless. You’re still cutting away a lot of activity.
Show threadcroobatJul 4, 2023
Google nowadays works if you wanna search something from the Wikipedia or like the same 20 websites. For anything else, good luck going through all the SEO autogenerated garbage.
Show threadghariksforgeJul 4, 2023

Google is just better at censorship.

I use searx because it aggregates over multiple search engines. You can find searx nodes here: searx.space

SearXNG instances

Online and offline instances

Show threadSyboxezJul 4, 2023
You should try out LibreX. Built in torrent search engine. Works similarly to SearX.
Show threadstevedidWHATJul 9, 2023
Seconded, I also use this and have it integrated into Firefox as my default search. I also use Mulad for DoH protection
Show threadGameyJul 4, 2023
I can highly recommend Brave search, they have their own index and don’t “comply” with the DMCA because it’s not actually required for a search engine but sadly also not forbidden. I love it every time piratebay.org shows up when it obviously should and not some scummy fake sites!
Show threadSevJul 4, 2023

I pretty much exclusively use Google to search for reddit posts on niche stuff. I stick with google because DDG or any alternatives I tried don’t have the Date of the searched reddit posts on the results.

I’d use Bing but all the links are purple and I can’t fix it after googling fixes x.x

Show threadunwinagainstableJul 4, 2023
Google is getting passed by in many ways. Chrome feels like a second rate browser now.
Show threadSinJab0nJul 4, 2023
It has always being, the sad thing is how Firefox is following along
Show threadTschuuulsJul 4, 2023
Firefox consumes a ton of power for me, for some reason (Apple M1 Pro).
Show threadc0mplexxJul 4, 2023
where (at least piracy forums) is this an unpopular opinion?
Show threadryannathansJul 5, 2023
So duckduckgo which is primarily bing would be best for piracy privacy?
Show threadcouragethebravedogJul 5, 2023
Idk man. Bing Dorking isn’t as good as Google’s. They have similar operators but Google usually has better results.
Show threadAb_intraJul 5, 2023
Apparently porn as well.
Show threadBenJul 14, 2023

Alternatives to Google, to YouTube, Reddit, Twitter, Facebook, Messenger, alternatives to Chromium/Chrome browsers - these are important things to be aware of.

SearXNG has search handled for me - scraping Bing and Google amongst others (and often I see Google results are low down on my list).

Show threadDillacornJul 21, 2023
I use Brave and occasionally Crowdview for questions… any reason why I should find a Searx instance instead?